best way to wire 3 jl12w6 with ti800.1

jmcmahon · Post by **jmcmahon** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:25 am

I have 3 JL 12W6s version 1. They are DVC 6 ohm and I have a Ti800.1 to power them. What do you guys suggest would be my best solution for wiring? I can do this two ways:

1) wire the subs in parallel with the voice coils in series, but then this would be a 4 ohm load to the amp. This would be an easy load on the amp but not a lot of power. or ...

2) wire both the subs and voice coils in parallel, but then this would be a 1 ohm load to the amp. I know the amp is 1 ohm stable, but this is a daily driver and I don't want to put too much stress on the amp.

I know my best bet would be to get 1 more 12w6 and 1 more Ti800.1 and then run 2 12w6 to each one for a 2 ohm load, but out of my options what do you suggest? I also have a Ti600.2 if that helps.

later.

Post by **stipud** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:44 am

Pretty simple... If option 1 is loud enough for you, then choose that. Otherwise, choose option 2.

jmcmahon · Post by **jmcmahon** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:54 am

but will 1 ohm be too much stress on the amp for day to day use? It is 1 ohm stable but I think was meant to be run at 2 ohm. I know this has been asked before, but there wasn't a clear answer. At 1 ohm the amp could put out ~1900 W (946W @ 2 ohm), but I would only be having it put out ~1100 W. So by doing this would much additional stress be placed on the amp vs running the amp to its max at 4 ohm? Thanks.

later.

Post by **stipud** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:15 am

The amp will be current limited at 1 ohm... you won't get much more output than at 2 ohms, but you will get a bit more heat. Go easy on the gains and I don't think you will have any problems. The amp is no slouch at 4 ohms though... I think you would be pleasantly surprised.