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Anonymous | is it possible to make 2 4ohm subs look like 1 ohm? I am very interested because I can get more power from my amp so please, anyone? |
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Bronze Member Username: BestmankindPost Number: 98 Registered: Oct-05 | if they are dvc subs yes. if they are svc no. |
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Silver Member Username: BestmankindPost Number: 101 Registered: Oct-05 | if they are dual voice coils than parallel connecting them two will give you 1 ohm. |
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Bronze Member Username: CrusacargenCA US Post Number: 20 Registered: Feb-05 | im sorry those subs are svc each and are 4 ohms a piece. I was just wondering if there is some technology to fool the amp to read the subs at 1 ohm. |
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Silver Member Username: FandimReno, Nevada United State... Post Number: 380 Registered: Jun-05 | you cant 'fool' the amp... ohms refers to the resistance of the path, so you would need to hook up something else that would draw current, to make these equal a 1 ohm load. |
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Silver Member Username: MixneffectOrangevale, Ca. USA Post Number: 465 Registered: Apr-05 | www.bcae1.com Please read section 7, 8, 12, and 13. Eeeeeeeegh what the heck, why not read the whole thing. Sections 1-138. It is good stuff. |
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 3613 Registered: Jun-04 | i havent read mixneffects suggestion yet but I asked a similar question on this forum when I first became a member here....honestly Id think it could be done |
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Silver Member Username: MixneffectOrangevale, Ca. USA Post Number: 466 Registered: Apr-05 | So you want more power, why not just get an amp that suits your needs? Remember, OHMs law is a LAW, not just an opinion. These scientific laws stand weather you try to cheat it or not. No matter how you slice it, two 4 ohm loads cannot sum up to 1 ohm. There have been street guiniess's that tried the resistor trick(ha ha ha ha). try www.bcae1.com section 59 |
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 3619 Registered: Jun-04 | i discussed this with my buddy and he said what about a dimmer switch and explained how it works to make the light brighter and dimmer....would that work in any way |
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Silver Member Username: MixneffectOrangevale, Ca. USA Post Number: 510 Registered: Apr-05 | Dimmer switches have resisitors in them. As you roll the dial, more resistence is added to the load, therefore reducing output. That would not work in this application. Resistors have voltage, wattage, and resistence(%) values. It would take many resistors to add up to the power needed to equal that of the amp. Besides, that would not be the same as a real load. |
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Silver Member Username: LbecknerTulsa, Ok Usa Post Number: 430 Registered: Oct-04 | add two more subs!!!! |
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Silver Member Username: LbecknerTulsa, Ok Usa Post Number: 431 Registered: Oct-04 | adding resistors WOULD fool the amp, but the power would be dissipated into the resistor instead of the speakers. Basically you would of made a heater. |
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Silver Member Username: FandimReno, Nevada United State... Post Number: 409 Registered: Jun-05 | it wouldnt fool the amp - because it would be the real load. However, a lot of the power gained, is going to be surging to those resistors as well, so I hope it sure can handle some power. otherwise, it's just going to fry. Also, it's not like once it goes to the resistors, there's no power lost, and that current is going to then move on to the speakers. Nope. That power is lost. |
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Silver Member Username: LbecknerTulsa, Ok Usa Post Number: 442 Registered: Oct-04 | If you added a resistor until you had a 1 ohm load then the amp would see a one ohm load, but all of the power gained would then be dissipated as heat from the resistor. There would not be an increase in power to the speaker, but it would fool the amp into seeing a 1 ohm load and putting more power out. |
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Silver Member Username: FandimReno, Nevada United State... Post Number: 417 Registered: Jun-05 | The speakers might see more power, in the case of say some of the regulated amps, that at 2 ohms, put out like 100 watts, but at 1 ohm, put out 1000. |
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Silver Member Username: LbecknerTulsa, Ok Usa Post Number: 451 Registered: Oct-04 | The speakers would not "see more power" because your not changing the resistance of the voice coil therefore it cannot "see more power" |