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ok so her is what ive got goin on ive got two kicker s8l7's behind the seats of my regular cab 1999 s-10 right now its wired to a pioneer 1000 watt class D single channel amp

they are wired like this at the moment

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ive got them wired just liek together well i mena i just put both the grounds from both subs, and the positives from both subs and just wired them strait to the amp. theres only one spot on the amp thats like spekaer out, so i plugged both subs into the same spot.. is this bad or is it alright? is there a differant way i should have these subs wired?

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I believe those are dual 4-ohm voice coil subs, which when wired in parallel  creates a 2 ohm load each, or a 1 ohm load all together.  I'm not so sure you're amp is stable to 1 ohm or not (check your manual).  Most mono amps are stable to 2 ohms, but not necessarilly 1, so check to be certain. 

If your amp is not stable to 1 ohm, you can series the voice coils, and parallel the woofers, creating a 4 ohm load.  Otherwise, get rid of one woofer and just parallel the voice coils for a 2 ohm load.

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alright well one question... wahts the differance in wiring the woofer or the voice coil? like yea i dont know what yer talkin about there
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the woofer is the speaker as a hole the voice coil is the part that is inside the magnet. you are wireing the voice coil by hooking the wires to. im gessing you are new to this stuff.so gust look at the woofer wireing link in the left hand side of the page. it will show you a number of ways you can wire your subs go for 4ohms. gust mess around with it.
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alright well i changed the wiring to i think a 4ohm load.. well this is how its wired now

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or well liek this

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i guess i cant really tell if it sounds any differant or not.. is this  how u think i should have it wired or not?

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Yes, that's what we mean.  Your subs are actually dual 4 ohm voice coils, not 2 ohm, so you're amp is running at 4 ohms.
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here you go.
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alright yea thats how ive got it wired... is that good or no?
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That is how I would leave it, running at one ohm tends to make things run very hot and more susceptible to problems.
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alright thanks

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