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[Newff 10+ year member]

ok i am about to install a dual voice coil 4 ohm kicker cvr...from what i understand, i need to wire the 2 voice coils together but what kind of wire do i use? and also how can i combine the coils plus run it to the amp, 2 of the 4 terminals will have 2 wires, the one going to the amp and the one connecting the coils how do u do it without having them 2 wires touching each other?

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[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

You can use any speaker wire, I'd use at least 16 gauge. There is a sticky at the top called 'voicecoil wiring options'.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

wires will touch....use the same wire as from amp to box since you should already have some

 

[jrwalte 10+ year member]

who says they can't touch? Use any 12 or 14g wire to be safe. Could probably go smaller if that's all you have.

 

[Newff 10+ year member]

thanks, i just figured it the two wires touch it may interfere with each others current or somethin, i **** at electronics

 

[AudioFreak 10+ year member]

Check this out this will make it real easy for you.

http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp

 

[Newff 10+ year member]

well thanks guys, everything is up and running, but my amp seems to cut out for a few seconds sometimes, the amp is getting hot to where you can't keep your hand on it for more than 1 second so maybe that's the problem...or maybe i need to play with the amp settings.

 

[Newff 10+ year member]

I only found out what clipping was a few minuites ago, on my amp theres a light that says "CLIP" and when the music playes that one is blinking in sync with the bass.. adjust my settings?

 

[AudioFreak 10+ year member]

Alright make sure you watch all of thes videos.what you are doing when you clip that amp is you are sending the sub a bad signal you could blow it or get bad distortion but just check these out.

http://blog.edesignaudio.com/?cat=5

 

[jrwalte 10+ year member]

Turn the gain down. If you want the subs to hit that hard you'll have to upgrade your amp.

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

ok i am about to install a dual voice coil 4 ohm kicker cvr...from what i understand, i need to wire the 2 voice coils together but what kind of wire do i use? and also how can i combine the coils plus run it to the amp, 2 of the 4 terminals will have 2 wires, the one going to the amp and the one connecting the coils how do u do it without having them 2 wires touching each other?

wire acording to the power output and what ohm stable the amp is...

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

well thanks guys, everything is up and running, but my amp seems to cut out for a few seconds sometimes, the amp is getting hot to where you can't keep your hand on it for more than 1 second so maybe that's the problem...or maybe i need to play with the amp settings.

That is very bad. What is the amp, and what is the lowest ohm load it is rated for? 2 ohm, 4 ohm? You want to wire your voice coils to match what the amp is rated for.

Clipping will occur if you over drive the inputs, or if you exceed the output of the amp (like if your running it at too low of an ohm load).

The heat you describe will fry your amp pretty quick. So you need to fix the problem, quick.

 

[Newff 10+ year member]

the amp is a Infinity 311A running a Dual voice coil 12" Kicker CVR 4 Ohm sub at 2 ohms, in a few days my Hifonics bxi608 will be here and i'll be running it to a second sub at 1 Ohm.

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

That amp is rated to handle a 2 ohm load. Crutchfield page says 312 watts at 2 ohms.

That should be right in the power range for that sub.

Is the air flow around the amp restricted by something, that won't allow it to cool normally?

Does it have at least an 8 gauge power wire, with fuse?

Are you over driving the hell out of it?