2 12" type r subs pdx 1.1000 amp 4

Bass I love you, showin the subs and what they do best, not at full potential cause the power wire is too thin.

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[rich52490]

Power wire is not rated by total watts passing through it, it is limited by the amount of amps that it can pass through it. 4 gauge is fine for your amp. I would suggest doing the Big 3 if you have voltage drops.

[camarosam]

Like check the ground? Could it be the amp? Ive had this problem ever since I got the amp, my other 500rms amp didnt drop, so Im thinking the wire cant carry enough power for 1000rms.

[elancohen92]

@camarosam That cant be true, when you double the ohms you drop half of the power. so 1000 watts at 1 ohm is 500 watts at 2 ohms. your amp is 1000 watts rms by 1 ohm, but your amp is not 1 ohm stable. to truly push rms you need a 1 ohm stable amp or a 2000 rms amp. hope this helps

[rich52490]

Did you ground your amps to the body? If so the chassis to battery ground under the engine bay would not be sufficient enough to carry the current. Also the wire going from the alternator to the positive battery terminal is it at least 4 gauge?

[camarosam]

ok, thanks for the help.

[Gskate1011]

shit ok. i think ur only option is 4ohm then man. should have gotten the dual 2ohms like i did :P. man that sucks. maybe get a different amp (one thats 1ohm stable) and set it up at 1ohm.

[camarosam]

dual 4 ohm, the amp handles 1000rms at 2 or 4 ohms.

[camarosam]

dual 4 ohm, the amp handles 1000rms at 2 or 4 ohms.

[Gskate1011]

i told you 2ohm is better :D. it depends what type of subs u got - dual 2ohm or dual 4 ohm. if u have dual 2 ohm u can wire them both up at 4 ohm then wire them togethor to take it back doing to 2ohm. have u got dual 4ohm or dual 2ohm?

[camarosam]

ok, ya i tried 2 ohms for the first time and im not going back, it hits the beats way better, as well as the lows, awesome. Could I have both subs wired for 2 ohms to the amp? Or would I have to get another amp to run each of them at 2 ohms.