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One other question. Is there a difference if I wire the voice coils parallel and the subs in a series? The diagram shows this the other way around.
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Wiring 2 seperate woofers in series will affect the amps ability to control the woofers.  You will be much better off wiring the coils in series and then paralleling the woofers.

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Can you post a diagram of how you had them connected?  Couldn't really get what you typed about the setup.
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I'm sorry but how would I do that? I would just send a picture but since I'm a rookie I don't think I can. I know I'm a pain in the *** but can you just let me know the easiest way??? Thanks
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OK I'm a little confused about the wiring diagram that you guys refered me to. I'm not sure where the inside of the box is and where the outside of the box is. I see that you actually wire the two subs together and then do you use the positive of one of the terminals and the negative of the other terminal? Because I see there only being one positive and one negative that all of that wiring is ran to but i have two terminals. And if so, what would the wires look like from the box to the amp? Am I overlooking something??
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Everything in the picture is inside of your box.
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Ok that sounds great. So then what would the wiring look like from the back of the box to the amp?? Would I just continue running the one positive and the one negative to the amp?
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Ok so the positive and the negative would be from just one of the two terminals that are on the box? Either way it's not working for me. I have it exactly how your diagram shows and I'm not getting any power from the subs. I know it shouldn't be this hard. I'm just trying to get it right. Sry dude. I'll just wire it like I had it before where the voice coils in each sub were in parallel, each sub used it's own set of terminals, and the back of the box was ran in a series and it worked fine. I should've never messed with it. If i have to take those screws out one more time I'm gonna scream! lol
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Ok so now I've hooked everything back up like I've had it before and i still get no power from the subs. Is there any way I could've blown the subs or damaged them in any way by wiring them in so many different ways? There was one time where I checked to see if my wiring was correct with the subs out of the box but i turned the bass all the way down and the volume was on 1. I was just trying to see if the subs were on. Everything about my amp is fine. Fuses are fine. All wires are how I had them before when it was working fine. What has happened here?? Very frustrating.
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