Can I hook my car subwoofer up to my home audio receiver?

I know that most home audio receivers are 8 ohms, well I have a dual voice coil sub and each is rated at 4 ohms, so if I wire it to 8 ohms like this – http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp?Q=1&I=42 – Would I be able to plug my sub directly into the back of my audio receiver in my house?

hey yes u can

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5 Responses to “ Can I hook my car subwoofer up to my home audio receiver? ”

1. dogevipergts says:

   July 13, 2009 at 9:40 pm

   i would not try that the home audio receiver may not enough watts to push the sub and will burn the receiver up

   it the watts you need not the ohms
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2. mgleeson98104 says:

   July 13, 2009 at 9:51 pm

   course if the connections are thier. lots of amps have a 4or 8 ohm switch look for one. And can run 4 just fine. i think its series that makes it an 8 ohm speaker
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3. rjt says:

   July 13, 2009 at 10:23 pm

   i assume the woofer is mounted in an enclosure and has a fixed crossover .The woofer can be hooked up to your second set of speaker terminals.you may have a problem balancing the output of your primary speakers and the sub woofer. You also want to take into consideration the overall output power of your receiver.
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4. tim k says:

   July 13, 2009 at 10:45 pm

   hey yes u can
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5. pete k says:

   July 13, 2009 at 11:02 pm

   shure why not / pehaps you have a/b speaker slector ,and you could even wire in a volume pot
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