Advice on wiring method for this setup.

[namomaitreya 10+ year member]

I have two Memphis 12" 15-PR12D4 DVC 4-ohm. And a Memphis MC 16-MC1.500. The speakers are 250/500 and the amp is capable of 125W@4ohm 250W@2ohm and 500W@1ohm. I was planning to wire them @1ohm. By attaching the ++ and -- on each speaker and taking a second wire from the +- from one voice coil on each speaker to each cup. Then attaching the cups together and running a wire to the single set of inputs on the amp. Is this the correct method? Will I be overpowering my subs? I'm really learning as I go new to DIY. Thanks for any input.

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[BobbyDD 10+ year member]

I can't hardly understand how you're saying to do it but it should be like this.

As long as you set your gain correctly so that your amp doesn't clip you should be just about right on power.

 

[namomaitreya 10+ year member]

Yea, thats the image i was using. Do I need to run my + and - from different voice coils? Or can the wire go from the same voice coil to the cup? And then can I just run a wire connecting the two cups together and then run a wire from the center of the wire connecting the cups?

 

[BobbyDD 10+ year member]

Yea, thats the image i was using. Do I need to run my + and - from different voice coils? Or can the wire go from the same voice coil to the cup? And then can I just run a wire connecting the two cups together and then run a wire from the center of the wire connecting the cups?

It doesn't matter which voice coil you run it from. Yes you can run a wire from the center connecting the cups.