jl setup help

[deagle44cmag 10+ year member]

right now i am running a 500/1 to a 12w6v2 with 10 gauge wire just to make sure the amp worked. im leaving it like this untill i get some 4 gauge wire. I was wondering if i put in a 1 f capacitor and 4 gauge wire if it would make it notiably louder. also wondered if what brand of cap i got would effect the sound any.

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[deagle44cmag 10+ year member]

can any one help

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

yes i can. the cap will not do a damm thing for sound quality. so save your money.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Unless the length is pretty short, that 10ga wire is too small, possibly unsafe. I find it odd you found the cash to pay for those fairly expensive JL items, yet couldn't come up with enough for adequate wire.

 

[electronicsgeek 10+ year member]

Unless the length is pretty short, that 10ga wire is too small, possibly unsafe. I find it odd you found the cash to pay for those fairly expensive JL items, yet couldn't come up with enough for adequate wire.

thats true...forget about the caps upgrade ur alt

 

[deagle44cmag 10+ year member]

im looking for spl not sq will it make it louder

 

[Expy2000]

If you wanted a cap I would suggest at 24v, but I always say go with a batcap.

 

[Str8Up 10+ year member]

im looking for spl not sq will it make it louder

I'm just curious. Why did you go with a 12w6 for SPL?

Also from things I've read, they suggest caps don't help. Maybe a battery would be better?

 

[deagle44cmag 10+ year member]

i want to get louder spl then what i had b4 or now b4 i had 2 12w0's so i got so much more spl by goin with the w6v2 and i dont want a huge spl i just want the most sound out of the 1 12

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

well a cap isnt designed to help our your sound any. as for the 4 gauge wire, yea that can make a difference considering your 10 gauge wire is a bottle neck (and like audioholic said, is probably unsafe in this situation as well if your tryin to push TOO much current through it) and not letting more power through. upgrade to 4 gauge please.

 

[deagle44cmag 10+ year member]

ok well i am upgradeing my wire but what would a 10 gauge wire do would it burn out the amp or jus light the wire on fire and cause my car to burn up with everything in it

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

ok well i am upgradeing my wire but what would a 10 gauge wire do would it burn out the amp or jus light the wire on fire and cause my car to burn up with everything in it

i dont know, i run 1/0 wire...

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

ok well i am upgradeing my wire but what would a 10 gauge wire do would it burn out the amp or jus light the wire on fire and cause my car to burn up with everything in it

At best, it will give you some pretty nasty voltage drop, which will hurt your amp/sub output. At worst, it will catch on fire, burning your car to the ground, destroying your stereo, and sending you to heaven/hell in an extremely painful yet completely avoidable way. Any more questions?

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

i kinda agree with the other dude when he asked why go with jl when going for spl? there are much better spl subs out there for less money---hell even jl audio says that their subs are designed for sq not spl.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

His explanation was he's not exactly going for SPL, he just wants to get the most out of what he's got. But otherwise yeah I agree, you dont hear SPL and W6 in the same sentence too often.