how should i wire my babies?

[mailbukicker 10+ year member]

I have two 12 inch l7's in a center ported box how should i wire them parallel or series to get that low bass im running only a 1500 watt audiopipe stable 1 ohm. your input would be great thanks

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[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

what coil size are your subs? d2 or d4?

 

[mailbukicker 10+ year member]

dual 4i wanted to wire down to 2 then wire down to one into my amp is that good because i have a amp that is stable at 1 ohm

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

yupp parallel is what you wanna wire them with

 

[mailbukicker 10+ year member]

ok thanks now i am upgrading i'm putting in another amp same one distribution power block with cap 2.0 one sub to each amp with 1aug 0 gauge wiring to the block 2 gauge to the amps now how do i make it work off one bass knob would i bridge it ?

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

yeah you would have to strap the amps together. not quite sure how to do this or even if those amps are strappable. that i cannot tell you. but you definately need to strap them together to run off of one bass knob

 

[mailbukicker 10+ year member]

what does that mean strap?

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

basically combine the power of two amps to make one big amp. you gotta make one amp the master and slave lol its easy to do im just not sure how to do it. someone else on here will chime in and tell you im sure.

 

[mailbukicker 10+ year member]

thank you very much helped me alot

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

your welcome. i dont know much, but what i do know i try to help.

 

[>>SQL<< 10+ year member]

You do not need to waste your time or wire for that Cap - it has been proven over and over again to be worthless.

Do a quick search on this board to see for yourself.

 

[wickedwitt 10+ year member]

You do not need to waste your time or wire for that Cap - it has been proven over and over again to be worthless.
Do a quick search on this board to see for yourself.

He is right, try to sell it locally for a bit of cash, and put that towards an extra Gel cell or AGM battery. The benefit a battery offers is infinite multitudes more-so than a cap will ever provide as far as voltage maintenance.

If the amps are able to be strapped, they usually have a 3.5mm jack that says "in/out" on them. I could be wrong but a few may even be wired to be able to be slaves via the RCA inputs (I could be wrong here) If it does have that 3.5mm jack, all you need to do is get a 3.5mm cable and go RCA to master, 3.5mm "out" of master into 3.5mm "in" of slave. Use the bass knob on the "master" amp and voila, you're all set. If you find out from searching that your amp is not strap capable, you can always sell it and put some extra cash with it to upgrade to a larger amp, or a pair that is strap capable (My Kicker KX1200.1s are an example)

EDIT: I wouldn't put any wires of any kind in contact with your babies. I never would mine. Your subs, however....

 

[>>SQL<< 10+ year member]

Also I do not see the need for a second amp

You are going to run each amp at 2 ohms

That will produce the same power as 1 amp at 1 ohms

All you are doing is spending more money, making a more complicated install, and gaining no power at all.

What is the point?

You would need to switch out those speakers for Dual 2 ohms in order to have more power running 2 amps.

You do understand that, right?

You will have no more power running 2 amps than you have right now.

 

[mailbukicker 10+ year member]

ok today i rewired the subs they were wired series i put them to parallel and it didnt hit at all what is going on?

 

[VisceralSound 10+ year member]

You wired them (+/+, -/-) on both woofers and 1 + and 1 - out to the amp right?