help with w6's

[spike_e 10+ year member]

3 DVC drivers with Voice Coils in Parallel / Parallel

Connecting the two voice coils of each driver in parallel (+ to +, - to -) and the drivers themselves in parallel will result in the following impedances:

Dual-6 Ohm Subwoofers: 1 Ohm

Dual-4 Ohm Subwoofers: 0.67 Ohm

Dual-2 Ohm Subwoofers: 0.33 Ohm

Dual-1.5 Ohm Subwoofer: 0.25 Ohm

can any one explain this diagram a little better? id really appreciate it. thanks in advance.

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[spike_e 10+ year member]

plz help???

 

[spike_e 10+ year member]

noone can help????

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

All postive terminals are connected to amp positive. All negative terminals are connected to amp negative. That's both coils on all subs.

 

[spike_e 10+ year member]

ea but should i have 3 wires runnin from the post in the box, or one wire and split it up into 3 pieces, one going to vc one, one going to vc2, and one going to the woofer.

 

[oxsign 5,000+ posts]

You want to go from sub to sub. Linking the + from one to the other. On the final sub you'll have one wire that goes to the amp. Do the same with the -. Vc1+ (SUB1) to Vc2+ (sub1). Vc2+ (sub1) to Vc1+ (sub2), and so on. Kinda like a chain.

 

[spike_e 10+ year member]

ok and at the end to make sure i did it right i can get an ohm meter and ohm it out right?

 

[Stel 10+ year member]

ok and at the end to make sure i did it right i can get an ohm meter and ohm it out right?

Yes.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

The W6's have double tabs on the terminal for each coil to make this really easy.

 

[spike_e 10+ year member]

success. ok you say easy! the part i had a hard time with was gettin two wires on one vc post!!! i had to get the soldering gun out!

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Do you have the original W6s or the V2s?

If it's the originals, there are two tabs on each terminal. All you need is 1/4" slide connectors. There are provisions for 2 on each coil. Really easy. Took me about 20min to cut, strip and terminate all the wires I needed and about 20 min to connect everything to the subs and mount them in the enclosure. That's easy.

 

[spike_e 10+ year member]

i have the v2's.

 

[spike_e 10+ year member]

it really want that hard. but i had to run the vc1 postive to the vc2 + and then the vc2+ to the vc1+ of the other woofer. so on the vc2+ i had to put to wires in one connector. thats what was hard.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Don't the v2s have jumpers provided to wire the coils in either series or parallel?

 

[benzmansl65amg 10+ year member]

They do have jumpers.

Joe