Subject	wire the sub in parallel, not series....
Posted by	Ghozt on July 08, 2006 at 10:59 PM
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In Reply To	Sound setup question posted by mousersix (San Antonio) on July 08, 2006 at 02:36 PM
Message	I am not familiar with that sub, but if it is a dual 4 ohm voice coil and you are series "ing" it (as per your diagram) you are running your amp at an 8 ohm load. Which is prolly making your amp put out 1/2 as much power as it could to your sub. If you wire the sub in parallel (plus on amp to plus on speaker, minus on amp to minus on speaker. Then jumper plus of one voice coil to plus of other and minus to minus.) This will cause your amp to see a 2 ohm load which will quadrouple the power the sub is getting as compared to the series wiring. Just make sure your amp can do a 2ohm load or you burn up the amp. Good luck. Email me if you need to.
Follow Ups	Sound setup question - mousersix (San Antonio) 14:36:19 07/08/06 you need to hook up a dual voice coil sub in stereo - shirow 14:44:42 07/08/06 thanks for the quick reply! - mousersix (San Antonio) 14:53:10 07/08/06 Correctamundo! Now go enjoy the hard hittin bass (n/m) - shirow 14:58:34 07/08/06 thanks! will do :) (n/m) - mousersix (San Antonio) 15:01:15 07/08/06 Actually bridged/series should have the same output - just4kinks 15:08:17 07/08/06 When you wire them in series you increase the impedance and - shirow 15:19:44 07/08/06 But when you bridge, each amp channel sees only half of - just4kinks 15:26:00 07/08/06 But that does bring up a good point. His setup has a 4ohm - just4kinks 15:32:33 07/08/06 dunno, but ni[X]it's shoe makes for a great wheel chock - Guapo 14:49:31 07/08/06 fer shizzle (n/m) - mousersix (San Antonio) 14:54:45 07/08/06 I used to have 2 10" Alpine Type R's - TTFairladyZ 15:01:25 07/08/06 2nd, I was amazed at how well they sound - drmx 15:38:49 07/08/06 You left out the most important detail. What kind of box? - just4kinks 15:13:03 07/08/06 it's a sealed box that I made - mousersix (San Antonio) 16:21:21 07/08/06 Well, that bad news is that you're only getting 200W - just4kinks 16:48:28 07/08/06 thumbs down for RF amps for one :) lol - skateguy92 15:48:30 07/08/06 I used to have 2 12" sony explods - mousersix (San Antonio) 16:24:22 07/08/06 Ported box in any kind of hatch is gonna sound ridiculous. - mr_buttawurf(down-n-out) 16:37:11 07/08/06 if the original diagram is just fine then why no bass? - mousersix (San Antonio) 16:48:44 07/08/06 Is the amp powering up? Is the ground good? - mr_buttawurf(down-n-out) 16:56:04 07/08/06 Oh....you said no bass as in not enough.....duh-huh-huh-huh. - mr_buttawurf(down-n-out) 17:24:44 07/08/06 HEY! Look down here! The problem is.... - Jon'sZ 20:17:59 07/08/06 I have my SWS-1042D dropped down to 2 ohms like this: - zeddiea27 20:39:02 07/08/06 By the way, Its not your amp. My amp only puts out 200watts - zeddiea27 20:50:58 07/08/06 wire the sub in parallel, not series.... - Ghozt 22:59:29 07/08/06
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