Hey you guys, I just bought 2 Alpine Type-R 10's (DVC 4-ohm). I'm running my amp at 1-ohm... so I know how to do it, but now I'm confused with this jumper thing the sub has going on! I looked in the manual... and there is no diagram with the jumpers for a 1-ohm load. Do I just forget about the jumpers all together? Or are they there for a reason? I tried hooking up one sub at 2-ohm by simply plugging the positive from my amp into positive on both coils (same with negative wire). Basically, I not using the jumpers at all. Know what I mean? Anyway, I thought it sounded... well... not right! Something's wrong. Please help.
if you didnt use the jumpers you are only using one voice coil per sub. which is not good. you need the jumpers but look up a wiring diagram to get them to 1ohm. i did it with a couple of DVC subs and its pretty confusing, but youll figure it out and be glad to forget about it and start bumpin
what amp are you useing? are you sure it will take a 1ohm load?
Terry: supposedly. it's a digital audio 900 watt mono class D. It swears "1ohm stable". I've used it like this a while and it seems fine, but the subs don't seem to like it. lol I blew some Fubr's. Anyway, no jumpers though.
Chad: nope. no jumper cables. I wish it did. That's why I'm confused i guess. What now?
wait! you mean if i put the amp to the + on the left and go directly to the + on the right (same continuous wire) - it's one coil?!?!?!? No jumper... no dual voice coil?!?!?! S,H,I,T
well then just get a short cable and connect the + from one voice coil to the + on the other voice coil. do the same for the -. then get a longer cable and connect the positive and negative to the amp.
Ok. I know it's dual voice coil and how it's just next to each other on one side of the sub, but my question is this: Do I have to use the upper jumpers to wire the sub correctly? Or can I just connect the wires directly into all 4 terminals? Please help if anybody knows! It doesn't say in the manual and I need to know ASAP so I can set up my system before I leave for X-mas vacation! Thanks.