how to wire my l7s?

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Topic: how to wire my l7s?

Posted By: tallalex200
Subject: how to wire my l7s?
Date Posted: July 20, 2009 at 9:14 PM

ok so i just bought a kicker zx2500.1 and i have 2 L7s there 15s there 4 ohm so i try connecting the subs to the amp and at a specific volume the amp will start shutting off i just want to know how i could connect this subs to the amp so they could b hitting hard

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: July 20, 2009 at 9:40 PM

How do you have them connected now? Are they dual voice coil drivers? Will your amp operate safely into a 1 Ohm load?

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Posted By: tallalex200
Date Posted: July 21, 2009 at 5:53 AM

There's 4 coils on each woofer I have them at 4 ohms right now the amp is 2 ohm stable or 4 as well what I was thinking about doing is to drop each woofer to 1 ohm and connect it to the amp would that make it 2 ohms or how can I wire them so the amp won't shut off on me

Posted By: i_want_the_boom
Date Posted: July 21, 2009 at 8:19 AM

that amp should be fine running at 4 ohms. Did you set your gains correctly?

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Posted By: tallalex200
Date Posted: July 21, 2009 at 11:49 AM

The gain is less thN half but for some reason it keeps shuttin off on me

Posted By: i_want_the_boom
Date Posted: July 22, 2009 at 9:23 AM

you said you have them wired to 4 ohms did you use the subwoofer wiring link on this site to see hot to wire them. If you turn the gain all the way down does your amp still cut off? if you only connect one speaker does it still cut off?

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Posted By: i_want_the_boom
Date Posted: July 22, 2009 at 9:47 AM

Option 2 (series/parallel) = 4 ohm load
Voice coils wired in series, speakers wired in parallel
Recommended Amplifier: Stable at 4, 2, or 1 ohm mono

they should be wired like this. Read the sticky on how to set your gains. your amp only pushes 1500x1 @ 4ohms

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If it's to loud then you're to old.