More power, less sound?!

[ripxtide 10+ year member]

Ok, so like this:

 

[ripxtide 10+ year member]

Or this?

 

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

nm, I dont wanna get in this... :\

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

do post #31.

 

[ripxtide 10+ year member]

Alright. I'll be back soon and let you guys know how it goes.

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

also another thing jumping from 150 watts to 550 watts is actually a lil less than a 6db gain. i don't know how much of a difference you might hear. I as well jumped from 625 watts to my current 160 watts and did hear the 6db loss somewhat.

 

[ripxtide 10+ year member]

One more question. The pos/neg on each voice coil are reversed. So the wires will have to overlap eachother a bit. This won't cause any interferrance will it?

It will be like this:

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

nope shouldn't. thats how exactly how i had my sub wired as well. do you have the male spade terminals or push terminals?

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

unless bare copper is touching, it shouldnt cause any

 

[ripxtide 10+ year member]

nope shouldn't. thats how exactly how i had my sub wired as well. do you have the male spade terminals or push terminals?

The push kind.

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

okay that just makes everything easier. go wire it up!!!!!!!!!! and yea try not to have the wire exposed touching the basket of the sub.

 

[Do_ 10+ year member]

Um it actually looks like the way he has it wired up now he's only running one of the coils. He has the + from the amp going to the first coils + but then the - from the first coil going to the - on the amp. The second coil isn't actually connected to any power. He would need the negative on the first side to go to the positive on the second side. If you have it hooked up like that currently you may have damaged your sub. :/ At any rate don't play it any more till we get this sorted out. You are unevenly driving the sub if thats true. Anyone else look at that diagram and make sure I'm understanding it right?

 

[ripxtide 10+ year member]

Um it actually looks like the way he has it wired up now he's only running one of the coils. He has the + from the amp going to the first coils + but then the - from the first coil going to the - on the amp. The second coil isn't actually connected to any power. He would need the negative on the first side to go to the positive on the second side. If you have it hooked up like that currently you may have damaged your sub. :/ At any rate don't play it any more till we get this sorted out. You are unevenly driving the sub if thats true. Anyone else look at that diagram and make sure I'm understanding it right?

Ugh don't tell me that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif I've only had the sub in for about a week. If it WAS causing damage, do you think the sub is still ok?

On the positive side I have it all wired up, just have to fasten the sub back in, then take it out to my car.

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

he originally has the coils wired in series. which is one negative of VC to other positive of other VC. then other negative and positive to amp.

edit: it was wired okay. just to 8 ohms.

 

[Do_ 10+ year member]

If it doesn't sound metally or make any funny noises it probably isn't broken. Here I made these diagrams off of yours. #1 is your current setup. #2 is Series yielding 8 ohms, and #3 is Paralell yielding 2 ohms.