How do I tell if its Dual Voice Coil.

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Topic: How do I tell if its Dual Voice Coil.

Posted By: dem622
Subject: How do I tell if its Dual Voice Coil.
Date Posted: January 13, 2003 at 1:54 AM

Hi,

I'm really new to the car audio thing (about 2 months or so) but I'm trying to learn how to do things myself. My question is: How do I tell (visually) whether a sub is a DVC sub? This is probably very obvious, but its something I don't know. I've tried looking it up on the manufacturer's web site, but they say that it is availible in both single and dual.

Thanks,

Dennis

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Posted By: SOUND PRESSURE
Date Posted: January 13, 2003 at 3:30 AM

A dual voice coil will have two sets of terminals where you hook up the speaker wires to. One on each side of the woofer.

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Posted By: dem622
Date Posted: January 13, 2003 at 8:54 PM

Thanks for the reply!

I kinda thought that the extra terminals might be it but I wanted to be sure before I started trying to figure out these series/parrallel configurations.

Dennis

Posted By: cervanteJ001
Date Posted: January 13, 2003 at 9:18 PM

yah the speaker will say on the box 100% of the time if it's DVC(dual voice coil) Dual voice coil subs allow more wiring options. You can wire Dual voice coils either in parallel or series, the owners manual usually tells you how. they are amyne types of DVCs usually DVC 2 ohm, DVC 4 ohm, or DVC 3ohm.

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Posted By: pervitizm
Date Posted: January 13, 2003 at 9:35 PM

You can also get DVC in 6, 8 and even 12ohm loads too.

Most home subwoofers come in 8ohm eiter SVC(single voice coil) or DVC

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Posted By: SOUND PRESSURE
Date Posted: January 14, 2003 at 10:39 AM

No problem, glad to help.

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