Can 6 subwoofers be connected to mono amp with 4 ohm load?

Question

I have 6 butt shakers that are 4 ohms, 50 watts RMS. I bought a plate amp rated at 300 wats RMS at 4 ohms. 4ohm is the minimum on the amp. According to my calculations I could wire them series/parallel and that would result in 6ohm load. Is it possible to wire them to get a 4 ohm load?

Answer 1

Wiring the shakers to produce 6 or 8 ohms is safer because it is farther away from zero ohms.  So doing a 6 ohm wire job is perfect.

EDIT:

Yes - that article is correct on how to wire things.

Pick a movie with a lot of bass like the lobby shoot out scene in the original "Matrix" or the pod-race scene in StarWars and adjust the intensity on the plate amp.  If you are not careful - it will feel like someone is bounding nails into the chair. Turn down the intensity so that you get a smooth vibration.

And have fun. Those tactical transducers are great.

Answer 2

You are trying to thread a needle with a rope here.  You are trying to do something that is more complicated than it is worth.  From my experience with experimenting with audio and video gear for the past 25+ years, you should just sell the butt shakers on eBay and get you a pair of 12" passive subs.  Two 8-Ohm subs should bridge into 4 Ohms nicely.  Or sell the amp too, and get a nice 12" or 15" powered sub.

Answer 3

No you can't, you will blow the amp,and those "buttshakers" are not very good for what you want to do, you need to find better subs to do what you want.