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fordnutt

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Posted: February 26, 2003 at 8:37 PM / IP Logged

new guy here just bought a kenwood 5201 and a set of audiogahn 1215's, the amp says its 250 w but i can t figure out the wiring to make it work, the subs have dvc and im lost on how to wire them so i wont hurt the amp

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Posted: February 26, 2003 at 8:39 PM / IP Logged

Wire like this:

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Jeff

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fordnutt

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Posted: February 26, 2003 at 8:41 PM / IP Logged

do i set the amp on mono

fordnutt

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Posted: February 26, 2003 at 8:43 PM / IP Logged

also the amp says 120 amps bridged, im having trouble figuring out how they got 250 w max???????

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Yes, set to mono. Are those 15 " subs ?? If that is, I really don't think you have enough power from this amp to run those subs ?

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fordnutt

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Posted: February 26, 2003 at 8:54 PM / IP Logged

no they are 12's, so do i leave the amp set to stereo, but only use one side?

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Posted: February 26, 2003 at 9:08 PM / IP Logged

They got 250 watts max cuz that's the total peak power that the amp can put out during a musical peak. It's not really a meaningful number but many manufacturer's label their amps that way cuz a lot of people don't know the difference and just think the bigger the number the better the amp.

The 120 watts RMS bridged is what the amp puts out when you combine the left and the right channel into one output channel, usually to drive a subwoofer (or two in your case).

For this amp, you will actually not set the switch to mono. That is only if you have one input signal (just white, as opposed to white and red). Leave the switch on stereo. Set the "filter" switch to "LPF".

After you've wired the subs together using Jeff's diagram, you'll end up with one positive and one negative speaker wire to connect to the amp. On this amp you use the positive from the left channel and the negative from the right channel when you are bridging it (it says "Bridged" and has arrows linking these two outputs).

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thanks gentlemen, your lifesavers

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i wired everything like that and tapped into my rear speakers for the amp inputs, it has high level inputs, but when i turn it on it blows the 1.5amp protection fuse, i checked the wiring and am LOST, i have nothing, sound or anything from my subs

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Wire like this:

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Posted: February 27, 2003 at 9:57 AM / IP Logged

What is the exact model number of your subs?

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