A few questions for you experts

[ColterDC 10+ year member]

1. I've been reading about parrel wiring and I want to know if I wired my box wrong. I have 2 Kenwood subs in a box. When I wired them I ran the speaker wire (bridged mono) from the amp to the connection on the side of the box. On the inside of the box the speaker wire splits at the box connection and the 2 seperate speaker wires then run to the 2 subs. Is this OK or should I run the speaker wire to speaker 1, then run the wires off of speaker 1 to speaker 2?

2. The amp that is running those 2 subs has a switch that allows you to either choose stereo, mono or L+R. Which setting should I use?

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[tylork92 10+ year member]

wow...that was confusing....go to rockfordfosgate.com and use their wiring wizard....it shows diagrams.

 

[ColterDC 10+ year member]

Yeah I'm sorry if that is confusing. I made a picture if it helps.

I really just want to know if this is considered parrel wiring or if I have to redo the whole thing, which isn't an easy task considering I have to remove the rear seats in order to get the box out.

So is the way I wired my speakers essentially the same as this?

 

[perfecxionX 10+ year member]

So is the way I wired my speakers essentially the same as this?

looking at those two pictures i think you might be better at answering that than us. but im guessing you have it right. + to + to + and - to - to - right? shit should be pretty simple

 

[tEh ShOcKeR]

Your wiring is fine as far as paralleling is concerned.

 

[ColterDC 10+ year member]

Thank you for the responses about my questionable wiring job.

I found the links to the amp and subs I have. Cheap crap I know, but it works.

http://http://reviews.cnet.com/car-amplifiers/eclipse-pa4212-amplifier/1707-6726_7-31887268.html

http://http://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/product_m-kenwood-kfc-w110s_p-22847.htm

Any help regarding my 2nd question?

2. The amp that is running those 2 subs has a switch that allows you to either choose stereo, mono or L+R. Which setting should I use?

 

[perfecxionX 10+ year member]

1,

2,mono

http://www.bcae1.com/stermono.htm

 

[ColterDC 10+ year member]

1. Thanks for the picture.... It looks just like the one I made except WAY better.

2. Funny, you linked a site I was reading earlier. But I'm still mildly confused. If you look at the amp I linked to, it has that stereo/mono/L+R switch. The speaker wire going to the sub box is hooked up to the Left Positive and Right Negative outputs on the amp, so I'm guessing I should set that switch to mono?

I dunno, it sounds about the same no matter which of the 3 options I choose.