It came, It came.

[mainer]

The new sub came in the mail today. 10 inch alpine type R. I just finished cutting out the wood for my box. I Put the back of the box together, and am waithing for light to glue it together.

My question is: How do I correctly hook this thing up? Since it has duel voice coils do I just run 2 sets of wires in the box and splice them together in the box?

My amp is a JL audio monoblock 250. So I only have one chanel I cant hook it up like a 2 chanel amp.


Thanks Coop

 

[my04runner]

Coop,

I assume your coils are rated at 4 ohms, if so you should be safe running them a parallel. You could run one pair of speaker wires to your box, and then branch out in the box with a "Y" to each coil.

-Oscar

 

[Mike415]

No run the wire from the box to one coil, then from that coil to the next for each. It will give a 2ohm load giving the most power considering you have a 2ohm stable amp and 2 4ohm coils.

http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/learningcenter/car/subwoofers_wiring.html?subs=1&impedance=DVC4x2

do the first one

 

[mainer]

But my sub is 4 ohms isn't running it on 2 ohms going to blow it?


Coop

 

[Pyrohazard]

If the sub is rated at more than 250 max watts, you will be fine to run it on 2 ohms. Also make sure that your amp is rated at 2 ohm stable, other wise you will blow the amp.

I am running a Rockford Fosgate T1 2 ohm sub at 1 ohm. It is wired in parallel and is running 1153 RMS watts.

I know what I am talking about because I work at Car Toys in the installation department.

 

[mainer]

http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_amps.php?amp_id=251


Thats what I'm running for an amp. And thats what it is rated at for power.

Rated Power: 250 W RMS @ 1.5 ohm-4 ohm (11V-14.5V)


My sub is 300 running and 1000 max at 4 ohm. Seems like i'll be ok?



Thanks for all of the great help


COop