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Thread: Kicker ZX1000.1......Just Need Better Understanding |
    
New member Username: D_wilson
Post Number: 3
Registered: Oct-09
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| Posted on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 08:17 pm: |
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Ok so I have the Kicker ZX1000.1 amp....which is kinda besides the point.....
I know at 2ohms it gives off 1000+ watts......i want to know when i have 2 subs such as the kicker cvr 12's.......are they recieving the full power each, or are they splitting the power....
ex. if the amp is giving off 800w are the 2 subs recieving 800 watts each....or both receiving around 400w each??? |
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Gold Member Username: Illuminator
USA
Post Number: 5057
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 09:36 pm: |
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How do you have the subs wired? Series or parallel?
If the amp is putting out 800w, then the wattage is being split, thus each sub gets 400w a piece. |
New member Username: D_wilson
Post Number: 6
Registered: Oct-09
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| Posted on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 09:48 pm: |
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i have 2 2ohm subs...wired in series.....im not sure about the exact wattage its putting out those where juz examples i was giving so u could see where i was coming from.. |
Gold Member Username: Illuminator
USA
Post Number: 5061
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 10:14 pm: |
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Your subs have a combined impedance of 4 ohms, thus the power of the amp is cut to 500w @4ohm. Each sub is getting 250w right now. |
New member Username: D_wilson
Post Number: 7
Registered: Oct-09
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 01:01 am: |
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ok so if i wire them parallel then??? |
Gold Member Username: Illuminator
USA
Post Number: 5063
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 01:19 am: |
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If they were wired in parallel, then you'd be running them @ 1ohm which the amp can't handle. |
Gold Member Username: Bonhamd
Traverse City,
MI
Post Number: 1918
Registered: Nov-07
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 04:01 pm: |
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if you have 2 dual 2 ohm subs - you will be fine
http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp?Q=2&I=22
wire to option 2
if you have 2 dual 4 ohm subs - you would be either wiring your amp to a 1 ohm load which is too low....or wire to 4 ohms which makes your amp around 500 RMS (250 per sub)
http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp?Q=2&I=42 |
Gold Member Username: Illuminator
USA
Post Number: 5064
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 06:01 pm: |
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If I'm not mistaken, the Kicker CompVR's are dual 4ohm voice coils and in the configuration that he has, cannot be wired to 2 ohms. |
Gold Member Username: Bonhamd
Traverse City,
MI
Post Number: 1923
Registered: Nov-07
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| Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 09:23 am: |
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they come in dual 2s and dual 4s
it wouldnt make sense for them to only make them in dual 4s when all of their amps run at 2 ohms |
Gold Member Username: Snowball123
West Allis,
WI
Post Number: 3183
Registered: Oct-07
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| Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 10:24 am: |
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he even said from above posts that he has Dual 2 ohm subs.
Wire them to 2 ohms and then you will see the amps full potential. |
Gold Member Username: Bonhamd
Traverse City,
MI
Post Number: 1926
Registered: Nov-07
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| Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 11:26 am: |
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thats what i thought but it was worded weird |
Gold Member Username: Illuminator
USA
Post Number: 5065
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Friday, October 09, 2009 - 09:08 pm: |
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lol, I think a lot of us are misreading his first post. He DOES say what subs they are but doesn't mention the impedance of them. Looks like the OP still hasn't clarified. Kinda annoying when we get noob's that don't give us the info we need to help them. |
