newbie component question

[stieater 10+ year member]

ok cool thanks. one other question. this is about amp/sub hookup. ive got a mono amp running two 12" subs. does running the subs in series mean that the pos/neg from the amp connect to one sub and then the pos/neg from that sub is connected to the pos/neg of the other? or is that parrellel? i think the other kind is running a pos/neg wire from the amp to each sub. also, which produces more bass?

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

like this?

 

[stieater 10+ year member]

the first one is one of the wireing diagrams i was talking about. never seen the second but instead of having the neg from sub1 go to the pos of sub2, the pos/neg from sub1 would go to the pos/neg from sub2. also the pos/neg from the amp would only go to one sub

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

What sub model do you have?

 

[stieater 10+ year member]

theyre back at my sisters in the states and all i know is that theyre 12" eclipse aluminums. 500w rms each and the rockford fosgate amp is 1000w rms. my buddy i got them from said that either wireing set-up will work but i cant get a hold of him to ask him which hits harder.

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

Well you need to know the ohm rating of the voice coils, and if it is Dual or single voice coil. That determines what final Ohm load that you can wire them to for the amp.

If you wire them wrong you will either give the subs too little power, or risk damage to the amp.

 

[stieater 10+ year member]

ok thanks

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

No prob. I'm gonna sleep now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif