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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: April 29, 2024 at 1:25 AM


Topic: wiring an amp

Posted By: royalet
Subject: wiring an amp
Date Posted: June 28, 2006 at 4:01 PM

Hey guys I got 2  12 inch alpine Type R Subs(1242D) in a sealed box, i have them wired into a 2 ohm now, I also have a mtx 500d(2) one for each sub, my question is since i have 4 speaker wires coming from the amp, and I only have on jack for each sub, how do i wire the amps speaker outputs, do i do the amp speaker wires the same as i did the subs



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Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: June 28, 2006 at 8:10 PM

Let me see if I understand what your saying.

  • You have two subs in a sealed box.  Are they in separate chambers?  This should be done because you are powering each sub with a separate amplifier.
  • You have two D-class mono amps, one for each sub.
  • Each sub is a dual 4 ohm model and wired to 2 ohms each.
  • Each sub has wires that terminate at a jack plate on the box.  So the box has two separate terminal cups.
  • The amps have dual speaker connection availablity.

If so, use only one set of terminals on each amplifier for speaker hookup.  Wire sub A to amp A, pos and neg to one set of terminals.  Do the same with sub and amp B.



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Posted By: royalet
Date Posted: June 29, 2006 at 7:56 AM
Thanks





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