dual voice coil sub
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Topic: dual voice coil sub
Posted By: metal_mulisha
Subject: dual voice coil sub
Date Posted: March 18, 2011 at 2:16 PM
Can anyone tell me the proper way to wire a single sub, dual 4 ohm voice coils, to be bridged on my amp? Ive looked on here in the forums, and help guides, see there is a few ways, but since I am only running 1 sub, figured id ask for the best answer, thanks..
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Posted By: lemar
Date Posted: March 18, 2011 at 2:29 PM
it entirely depends whether your amp is stable to 1 ohm, 2 ohms or 4 ohms. once you know that look at the sub wiring guide at the top of the page to find the correct way for the impedance of your amp.
basically the lower the impedance the amp see's the more power it will draw.
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: March 18, 2011 at 9:08 PM
Option 1 (parallel) = 2 ohm load
Voice coils wired in parallel
Recommended Amplifier: Stable at 2 or 1 ohm mono |
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Option 2 (series) = 8 ohm load
Voice coils wired in series
Recommended Amplifier: Stable at 4, 2, or 1 ohm mono |
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Posted By: metal_mulisha
Date Posted: March 19, 2011 at 3:16 PM
Okay thanks for the help u guys.. I think I had it hooked up already as parallel, and when i turned my gain up past 25% the speaker started to clip, and anything over 50% would pop the fuse on the amp.. So Ill pull the speaker out here, and switch it to series and give it a try.. Thanks again..
Posted By: t&t tech
Date Posted: March 19, 2011 at 4:44 PM
The fuse on the amp pops? Is the fuse that you're using the specified rating for the amp?, i would think the amplifier would go into protecction mode first. Maybe it would be better if you informed us of the equipment you're using. ------------- COMMIT YOUR WAY TO JEHOVAH AND HE WILL ACT IN YOUR BEHALF.
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Posted By: metal_mulisha
Date Posted: March 21, 2011 at 10:54 PM
Yea I popped the fuse a couple times when I had it wired in series, once you turned the gain up, bang.. And now the speaker either clips or sounds like its blown.. I tired rewiring it in parallel, but its no where near as loud and again, as soon as you turn gain up, sounds like its clipping..
The Sub is a 10" Pioneer TS-W257D4 1000W max, dual 4Ohm Voice Coils and the amp is an Alpine V12, 500W 2/1 channel amp.. And the sub is in a ported box built to the specs the sub requires.. Any ideas??
Posted By: lanman31337
Date Posted: March 22, 2011 at 12:52 PM
I think you mean parallel is louder but blows fuses, and in series it's not as loud. If your amp isn't 2 ohm mono stable (and I don't think yours is), it'll surely trip fuses, catch on fire, kick your neighbors dog, etc...
Posted By: metal_mulisha
Date Posted: March 22, 2011 at 2:37 PM
Nope, I double shecked lol, it was orginally wired in Series, thats when I was popping fuses, then switched it to parallel, not as loud now, but speaker is still clipping??
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: March 22, 2011 at 3:32 PM
metal_mulisha wrote:
Okay thanks for the help u guys.. I think I had it hooked up already as parallel, and when i turned my gain up past 25% the speaker started to clip, and anything over 50% would pop the fuse on the amp.. So Ill pull the speaker out here, and switch it to series and give it a try.. Thanks again..
You need to set your gain properly. Check the Hot Topics forum. ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: metal_mulisha
Date Posted: March 24, 2011 at 8:21 AM
Thanks for all the help you guys.. I just tried hookin up each voice coil individually, im coming to the conclusion now that this speaker is blown??
Posted By: lanman31337
Date Posted: March 25, 2011 at 8:52 AM
Check each coil with a multimeter set to ohms, it'll tell you if you have a shorted or open coil.
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