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<blockquote data-quote="mxracer591" data-source="post: 4187958" data-attributes="member: 587863">ok. i need some help... i bought a older rockford fosgate punch 12. it&#039;s dual voice coil...but i&#039;m having some problems with it. it has + and - scratched into the metal where the terminals come out, 2 on each side of the sub. i&#039;m assuming each set of two is each voice coil. the correct way to wire would beamp +-----------vc1+ ----- vc1- --------vc2+ ------vc2- -----amp -right?the speaker is 4 ohms, and i have a alpine mrv 1000 and i&#039;m not really sure on the specs on it, but right now i have it bridged, cause it&#039;s a 2 channel. anyway...my problem is, i got it and one voice coil wasn&#039;t hooked up, just the wires coming out of the speaker, not wired to a terminal or anything, so i went by the &quot;scratches&quot; ( + and - ) on it and wired like above, assuming each side is the different voice coil. i hooked it up, and it didn&#039;t work. i want to know a. what is the most efficient way of wiring this set up, to get the most power, without blowing anything. and most importantly, have it work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mxracer591, post: 4187958, member: 587863"] ok. i need some help... i bought a older rockford fosgate punch 12. it's dual voice coil...but i'm having some problems with it. it has + and - scratched into the metal where the terminals come out, 2 on each side of the sub. i'm assuming each set of two is each voice coil. the correct way to wire would be amp +-----------vc1+ ----- vc1- --------vc2+ ------vc2- -----amp - right? the speaker is 4 ohms, and i have a alpine mrv 1000 and i'm not really sure on the specs on it, but right now i have it bridged, cause it's a 2 channel. anyway...my problem is, i got it and one voice coil wasn't hooked up, just the wires coming out of the speaker, not wired to a terminal or anything, so i went by the "scratches" ( + and - ) on it and wired like above, assuming each side is the different voice coil. i hooked it up, and it didn't work. i want to know a. what is the most efficient way of wiring this set up, to get the most power, without blowing anything. and most importantly, have it work. [/QUOTE]

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