Question about ohms
 

So my question is, what effect does say running .5 ohms over 8ohms have. Less resistance=more power from what I can tell but what other difference does it make? Souind quality? Volume? anything?

RE: Question about ohms
 

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To put it simple. You Will gain more power from your amp by dropping your ohm load down.

Like if I were to run my amp at 4 ohms. I would get 1000 watts.


If i drop the ohm load down to 2 ohms I will see 1700 watts.

and 1 ohm I get 2500 watts.

Now for .5 ohms you have to be careful. make sure your amp can run there daily (safely) There are only a few amps that can run here daily. When you bring it down this low its more of a strain on the amp itself. So basically you can burn it up faster. Most amps will throw right into protect mode if you dip below 1 ohm.


Just basically make sure you wire it right cause you very well end up at .17 ohms thinking your at .5 and fry ur stereo to all hell

RE: Question about ohms
 

.17 ohms - now theres the good stuff. i need a new amp.

RE: Question about ohms
 

Orion 2500D can handle it on tone bursts and still be fine for daily when u wire it back to .5 lol

RE: Question about ohms
 

I was just curious on what other effects it had besides more power from your amp. I'm basically going to be running the same setup as I have now just new amp and sub wired the same way. 2ch amp bridged at 4ohms running to a single 4 ohm sub.

RE: Question about ohms
 

i dunno if its true, but I heard sq rises with a higher ohm load. "cleaner" power perhaps [:-]

RE: Question about ohms
 

I concur, with lower resistance brings more distortion, unless you are playing around with Zapco or other high end amps.