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New member Username: Notw000Post Number: 6 Registered: Feb-09 | I am currently running an alpine mrd-m1000. alpine says the amp is stable down to 2ohms but i want to take it down to .5ohms. of course im going to try to push just a little over the rated 1000wrms by setting the gain very very low. i am, if this whole thing is even possible, going to take the gain up in small increments, until i see the temp start to rise, and try to find a happy medium where the amp doesnt burn and i get more power out of it. can it work?? here is a link to the specs on the mrd-m1000----->http://www.crutchfield.com/p_500MRDM100/Alpine-MRD-M1000.html |
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Gold Member Username: N2audioLawrence, Ks USA Post Number: 1725 Registered: Mar-04 | a lot of 1 ohm amps struggle at 1/2. I would expect the Alpine to go into over current protection almost immediately. Ohms law: I=sqrt(P/R) 1000w @ 2 ohms = Sqrt(1000/2) = 22.4A 1000w @ .5 ohms = Sqrt(1000/.5) = 44.7A |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Philadelphia, PA Post Number: 9868 Registered: Jul-06 | Thats a good way to blow up that amp. Or if the protection works properly it just won't work. |
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Platinum Member Username: GlasswolfNorthWest, MI USA Post Number: 12437 Registered: Dec-03 | 1.33 ohms is about the lowest nominal load I'd run on a 2 ohm stable Alpine. The reason is if the nom. load is 2 ohms, it can play as low as about 1 ohm or lower for brief periods as you play frequencies close to the Fs of the driver, dependant on the enclosure, too. Anyway, if you want to run a half ohm load, buy an amp rated for that load, like an older Orion HCCA series amp (1200HCCA from the sounds of your needs) |