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2 ohm speakers in an 03. Will they work?

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Old 03-18-2012, 09:23 PM
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A buddy of mine has an 03 Ultra. I have a set of HogTunes 2 ohm front, rear and tweeter pod that I decided not to use on my 11 Ultra. What would happen if we put the 2 ohms in the older system that uses 4 ohm speakers? Work, not work, fire??
 
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I have some 4 ohm Hogtunes that I pulled out of my 2005 (front only), maybe we could work a deal if condition is the same as mine (mint).
 
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you may be able to wire the tweeter pod and front speakers in the front to equal 4 ohms, if you wire them in series ( if the impedance of the tweeter pod is 2 ohms as well.

series wiring is:

radio + to speaker +

speaker - to tweeter pod +

tweeter pod - to radio -


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I will let you know Mark, these are brand new. He has a radio problem that I need to figure out first. Thought that while I was in there I would upgrade the rest for him.
 
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Originally Posted by mkguitar
you may be able to wire the tweeter pod and front speakers in the front to equal 4 ohms, if you wire them in series ( if the impedance of the tweeter pod is 2 ohms as well.

series wiring is:

radio + to speaker +

speaker - to tweeter pod +

tweeter pod - to radio -


Mike

Cant wire the tweeter pods that way.
They have a high pass filter built in them, so the radio hardly ever sees them as a load.

This is why the stock 2-ohm system doesn't get fried because its trying to run a 1-ohm load.
 
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