Overheating 1ohm load?

[ShaneSauce 2]

My dad used to be really big into car audio and dbdrag's and stuff back in the day I'm talking about back in the early 90's when cerwin vega and JL was top of the line.and he is going to be helping me with my install.

I was telling him about my 15" SSD and running it at around 1000 watts @1ohm.

He said running your amp at a 1ohm load is bad for the amp because he said it will overheat allot quicker.

He also said I will be going through amps like tissues if I run them @1ohm

As long as I have my gains set right and I don't clip my amp won't overheat and crap out will it?

[RobClay 20]

if your amp is 1ohm stable it will be fine

[philsteroni 0]

you never mentioned the amp :clap:

[RobClay 20]

and this would be good to know too ^

[Duran 387]

Amps are a lot different that they were years ago. More power, stable at lower impedance, more efficiency.

[ShaneSauce 2]

Ah that's what I was trying to explain to him but he is stubborn.

I was thinking of getting the Kenwood KAC1800 but I would have to wire my sub to a 2ohm load @ 900 watts RMS.

Would I get the dual 1 or 2 voice coil SSD?

I have no idea how to wire a sub to a 2ohm load.

[NB50 206]

Amps are a lot different that they were years ago. More power, stable at lower impedance, more efficiency.

Be careful of you statements. Have you ever heard of cheater amps.

[RobClay 20]

get the d1, if your going to wire it to 2ohms

Edited November 11, 2008 by RobClay

[ShaneSauce 2]

Thanks RobClay for the diagram and everything it really helps out allot.

D1 it is

[RobClay 20]

np wire it like that and youll be fine

[Duran 387]

Amps are a lot different that they were years ago. More power, stable at lower impedance, more efficiency.

Be careful of you statements. Have you ever heard of cheater amps.

Yes I should be more careful, but as a general statement that is true.

[ShaneSauce 2]

Good god I can't wait...

I was in the car with my friend and his fosgate T1 running at 500 rms and it was making the insides of my eardrums uncomfortable with the windows down!

I can't imagine running the SSD at 900 with the windows up..

[jonbearsmt 919]

Amps are a lot different that they were years ago. More power, stable at lower impedance, more efficiency.

Be careful of you statements. Have you ever heard of cheater amps.

you beat me to it!

[KU40 173]

Amps are a lot different that they were years ago. More power, stable at lower impedance, more efficiency.

Be careful of you statements. Have you ever heard of cheater amps.

That may be true but still, 1 ohm stable amps are a lot more common than they were back then. There were literally only a handful of them back then, and they were too expensive for most people. Now every company has 2-3.

[NB50 206]

True, but he made it seem that only new amps were the only ones that could do those things.

[Duran 387]

True, but he made it seem that only new amps were the only ones that could do those things.

I in no way meant that. Sorry for the confusion.