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hustlin247

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Posted: April 30, 2006 at 12:17 PM / IP Logged

I have four 12" Kicker L5's and a Rockford Fosgate T10001BD that came with the '94 Explorer that I just bought.

Only 2 of the L5's were connected to the amp (1 to each channe) when I bought the car (yesterday) and I want your opinions on the best way to wire all 4 to the amp. Or, perhaps I shouldn't try to wire all for 12's to my single amp.

Your thoughts?

zhalverson

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Posted: April 30, 2006 at 1:57 PM / IP Logged

You need to give more information. Are they dual voice coils? 2 or 4 ohms each? After we know this we can tell you how best to wire them up.

sethsyd

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Posted: April 30, 2006 at 6:16 PM / IP Logged

That amp is also only one channel.

zhalverson

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Posted: April 30, 2006 at 7:14 PM / IP Logged

Yes I know the amp is only one channel. I should have been more specific, I was talking about the subs. I think those L5's are usually dual voice coil but I'm not sure. Anyway you have to know what models they are before you can figure out the proper wiring configuration that is the best (and safe for the amp) to run them at. So you need to find out if the subs are DVC or SVC and what impedance each voice coil is.

hustlin247

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Posted: April 30, 2006 at 9:24 PM / IP Logged

The impression I get from Kicker.com is that all L5's are DVC. I will have to take them out of their boxes to find out the impedence of the coils; I will let you know as soon as I do. As far as the amp being only 1 channel... I am confused. It clearly has connections for 2 speakers. Please see these pictures that I took with my phone.

https://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=t10001bd9cn.jpg

https://img199.imageshack.us/my.php?image=t10001bdcloseup2iq.jpg

hustlin247

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Posted: April 30, 2006 at 9:27 PM / IP Logged

Sorry, I posted the wrong link.

https://img199.imageshack.us/img199/6060/t10001bdcloseup2iq.jpg

luckydevil

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Posted: April 30, 2006 at 10:45 PM / IP Logged

A lot of mono amps have connections for two speakers to make it easier when hooking up multiple speakers.

For example you could put a 2ohm sub on each output and the amp would see it as 1ohm.

hustlin247

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Posted: April 30, 2006 at 10:52 PM / IP Logged

Ah, I see. That would explain why it says "speaker a" and "speaker b" instead of "left" and "right".

luckydevil

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Posted: April 30, 2006 at 11:02 PM / IP Logged

For you to get the full 1000watts @1ohm out of that amp for all four subs they each need to be dual 2ohm.

If that is what they turn out to be (whuch I am assuming they will) then you just use option #2 here for "Speaker A" and "Speaker B."

http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/learningcenter/car/subwoofers_wiring.html?subs=2&impedance=DVC2x2

I would check all four subs though just to be sure.

aznboi3644

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Posted: May 01, 2006 at 5:48 PM / IP Logged

Umm...sorry luckeydevel but if all four subs were dual 2 ohm than lowest the amp would see would either 2 ohms with a parallel/series or .5 ohms all in parallel.

Just hope that the subs are all dual 4 ohms. Wired all in parallel you would get a final load of 1 ohm = full output of amp.

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