Noob Wiring Question

[RockstarMentality]

Can you wire 2 amps to one sub?

 

[Miracle]

Yeah, technically you can, but why would you want to? It wouldn't increase the power going to the woofer itself, if it is a single voice coil. Now if it's a dual voice coil, then yeah, but the amps need to be the same power rating.

How much max and RMS power do the amps put out? What is the sub rated to? Single or dual VC's?

 

[RockstarMentality]

well that was kinda the point of the question
so i couldnt wire a 420/700 rms/peak amp amp and a 500/1000 together? plannin on hookin up to an L7 with dual coils

 

[RockstarMentality]

750 rms/ 1500 peak (i think) on the L7

 

[Miracle]

As expensive as that SoloBaric Kicker L7 is, I wouldn't run more than one monoblock, or a bridgeable 2 channel amp on that thing man.

You run varying wattages on 2 voice coils on the same speaker, you are liable to damage the speaker, the amp, or both.

 

[RockstarMentality]

Damn. I have a kicker 700.5 which is a 5 channel amp with 4 full range outputs and one 420rms mono output. But I'm also dead set on either a l5 or l7 I was hoping I could give it the juice it deserves

 

[ttocs]

The techinal term you are asking about is called "strapping" amps together. To do this you need two identical amps that are made to be strapped and then they have to perfectly tuned with an osciliscope and then you can double the power that one amp sends to a woofer. So if you have the amps, the sub that can handle it and the tools to tune it, then yes you can but it is not as simple as slappin the two mis-matched amps you have laying around together.

Hooking two amps up to a dual voice coil speaker will net a blown sub, not recomended........