How should i wire my amp to my subs.

Question

subs: 2 rockford p1s

300 watt peak

150 watt rms

Amp: Sound Storm Laboratories F2800 1600W Amplifier w/ Remote Bass Control

Bridgable

dual channel

1600 watt peak

RMS power at 4 ohms 300 W x 2

RMS power at 2 ohms 800 W x 2

Answer 1

you should not wire them up at all to that amp

you have higher quality (CEA-compliant) subs so why mess up the setup with a cheap, bottom rung, mediocre at best amp

i would not hook that amp up to my subs because its FAR from CEA-compliant

you need to stick with CEA-compliant brands- which means that the amps have been tested and produce or exceed the advertised RMS wattage with minimum distortion (distortion is the main cause of speaker damage) and the subs can handle their advertised RMS wattage also

here are the CEA-compliant brands

Alpine

Bazooka

Blaupunkt

Clarion

Eclipse

Infinity

JBL

JL Audio

JVC

Kenwood

Kicker

Memphis

MTX

Orion

Pioneer

Polk Audio

PPI

Rockford Fosgate

Sony

with non CEA-compliant stuff you are lucky to get half of the advertised RMS wattage and its ususlly distorted, and if you dont know the "real" wattage then its impossible to properly match you amp to your subs and this is why its important

If you send too much power to your sub, you risk damaging it. The cone of the speaker and the mechanical parts that make it move may break under the stress. Surprisingly, too little power can also damage your subwoofer — in fact, it's actually more common than damage caused by overpowering.

When the volume is turned up and the amp doesn't have enough power, the signal becomes distorted, or "clipped." This distorted signal can cause parts of the speaker to overheat, warp and melt. Not good!

You don't have to match speaker and amp wattages exactly. An amp with a higher output than the speaker's rating won't necessarily damage the speaker — just turn the amp down a bit if you hear distortion from the sub and don't run the speaker at extremely loud volumes for lengthy periods. Likewise, you'll be OK with a lower powered amp if you keep the volume down and don't feed a distorted signal to the sub.

Answer 2

Wire the coils down to 1 OHM and set the gain all the way up.

No seriously, since they are only 150 watts rms, wire them to a 4 OHM finale load.

Answer 3

depends on the coiles of the sub are the dual 2ohm or 4 ohm or single 4 ohm