Help with wiring amp to two subs...
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New member Username: Leonb21Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2004 | I have two 12's kicker comp vr and sony xplod 1600 watt amp. I have them wired but at the peak they turn off. I've been reading up on this OHM thing and cant get it. If im not mistaken my subs are 4ohm...meaning they have 4 places to wire them??? Dont know. I need help on how to wire them and get the best sound. -Thanks |
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Silver Member Username: HydroPost Number: 112 Registered: 12-2003 | No Bobby 4 ohms doesnt mean 4 places to wire them you have a thing called a voice coil each voice coil has a negative and positve wire runnin it to the subs positive and negative terminals,If it is a Dual Voice Coil sub then you have 2 Voice Coils each voice coil runnin a positive and negative wire from it to the Subs terminals givin you 4 outputs from the sub(2 positive,2 Negative)4 ohms is the impedance of the voice coil it just lets you know how you can wire your subs without them goin below the amps stable amp load.If I were you I would get rid of the Sony Amp very poor perfomance from this amp will make your Kickers sound awful.Each CVR can hold 400 watts so I would suggest a Kicker 800.1 Amplifier or at least Kicker 600.1 to power the both of them. Example:2 Dual Voice Coil 4 ohm subs wired in parallel Give you a 1 ohm load,2 Single Voice Coil Subs wired in parallel give you a 2 ohm load. |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfPost Number: 1179 Registered: 12-2003 | http://www.bcae1.com/ohm.htm |
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New member Username: Leonb21Post Number: 2 Registered: 02-2004 | I made this in paint. Can you explain to me what would be the best way to wire them so i can get the best performance. -Thanks  |
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Silver Member Username: HydroPost Number: 115 Registered: 12-2003 |  |
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Silver Member Username: HydroPost Number: 116 Registered: 12-2003 | If your CVR's are Dual 4 ohm which I assume they are that will give your amp a 2 ohm load. |
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New member Username: Leonb21Post Number: 3 Registered: 02-2004 | Hydro, thats how i have them wired and they turn off at the peak. |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfPost Number: 1185 Registered: 12-2003 | that's becasue sony amps suck whale dork. sorry. get a better amp like the JBL BP600.1 and you'll be in business. |
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Jeff Hester Unregistered guest | How do you wire the subs from 4 to 1 and then the other wire from 3 to 2? I have two dual 4 ohm Kicker 12" L7 subs. How do I wire them to get a 2 ohm load from a Kicker kx1200.1? Will it let each each sub get 600 amps or 300 amps each? Please help. |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfPost Number: 1191 Registered: 12-2003 | you can't get a 2 Ohm load from a mono amp and two DVC subs that are 4 Ohms per cooil. sorry. |
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New member Username: Leonb21Post Number: 4 Registered: 02-2004 | What would be the best amp to get with only 100 bucks to spend? |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfPost Number: 1198 Registered: 12-2003 | sell the Sony first. that'll help add to the budget. the bp600.1 from JBL is about $180-210 US if you shop around on-line, or use eBay. Maybe even a bit cheaper on eBay. That's about the cheapest amp I know, worth considering for those two subs. That will give the subs each a healthy 300 watts RMS. |
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Unregistered guest | i just bout a JBL 600.2 and i need to make it power 2 pioneer premier 12's (4 ohms each) the amp is rated 150x2 4ohms 300x2 2ohms 600x1 4ohms what is the best way to wire this? bridged the amp says that it can only take 4ohms and up. i would lie to put 300 through each speaker because they are 400 RMS |
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Anonymous | i have a 1 channel rockford power amp that runs 100x 1 watts rms into 4 ohms, and 200x 1 watts rms into 2 ohms. How should i wire two 4 ohm subs upto this amp? I already connected both sub's positive wires together and the negatives together and that sounded horrible hooked up to the amp, worse than one sub hooked up to the one channel. Is there another wiring pattern i should use for this amp? |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfPost Number: 1289 Registered: 12-2003 | Karl; you should have gotten the 600.1 with that amp, you're stuck at 4 Ohms stereo, 150W per sub Anon, wire the subs in parallel to the amp. that'll be 2 Ohms.. still only 100W per sub though consider a bigger amp.. |
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New member Username: TbonePost Number: 3 Registered: 02-2004 | Folks, remember it takes a ten-fold jump in power to achieve twice the volume. Something to think about, adding a little power adds very little, adding a lot of power helps to, but can be expensive. |
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D.A.W. Unregistered guest | Ohm is a measure of impedance (also called resistance). when the resistance (impedance) is low, esentialy the amp doesn't need to push as hard to get its power across. This is why it produces more power at lower ohm ratings. If your amp is cutting out the problem is likely POWER. There is not enough juice to run your system. Try adding a stiffening capacitor to reduce the shock the battery takes. Also, you could wire your subs in series rather than paralell. In series= amp positive to woofer one's positive, woofer one's negative to woofer two's posative, woofer two's negative to the amps negative. If your subs are 4ohms, this will give an 8ohm load instead of 2 ohms, and will require less juice from the battery. |
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Unregistered guest | could i possible bridge the channels and then run the speakers in series. i know that would probably make one sub quieter, but would it work? |
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Anonymous | i have two 12" subwarfers and a 1200 watt amp and you can't hear them until i turn my old non factory radio up really loud. whats wrong with it? |
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ReTart Unregistered guest | ROFL.........this is like science class for mentally retarded first graders. |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfNorthWest, Michigan USA Post Number: 1533 Registered: Dec-03 | "Ohm is a measure of impedance (also called resistance)." actually, resistance refers to DC, impedance refers to AC. They do have different properties under certain circumstances. capacitors won't help. if you don't have enouch current, you need a larger alternator when the car is running, and isolated deep cycle batteries when it isn't. |
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Oscar Unregistered guest | I have 2 15" Kicker L7's, An Audiobahn A18001DQ Amp, and a Lightning Audio Capacitor (1000 Watts). I know this is a pretty stupid question, but how do i wire the amp to the capacitor?? and then, from the cap. to the Subs?? or how exactly do i wire it all?? I've never had a system that has this much power before and have there4 never had the need for a capacitor. Thanx |
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Silver Member Username: HydroOrlando, Florida Post Number: 160 Registered: Dec-03 | Well the power wire you have running from your battery hook that up to one side of your cap and the other side run more power wire thats the same gauge to the amps power input terminal |
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Unregistered guest | I have an Alpine MRP 350 700Watt Amp and Two 500Watt Subs.. The Amp only has two terminals(+ and -) so how do i wire up the two subs to the two terminals? Do i need four terminals? Or can i wire them in parralel? Diagrams would be helpful.. Help! |
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