Odd BTL Wiring Problem.

[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

Okay, now this is going to make me sound like a complete noob but I have 2 D1 BTL's and I went to wire them up to 2 ohms by wiring the pos to neg on each side like I'm supposed to but then when I go to play it it doesn't move and my voltage tanks like I'm running at .5. Then I wire the pos to pos, neg to neg and it plays fine. Shouldn't the way I do it drop the voltage to .5?

Oh, and for some reason my DMM reads .5 each way it's wired and I've tried two different ones.

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[GAMEOVERCCA 10+ year member]

to get 1ohm from 2 d1's you should jump + to - on sub then + + + - - - to amp

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

op. you cant wire 2 d1 subs to 2 ohms.

 

[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

op. you cant wire 2 d1 subs to 2 ohms.

Oh, sorry I didn't clarify. this is only 1 at a time, not both together. It's just they both do the same thing. With my old Hfi it would barely play, even at high volume, when wired + -, +- but then I put it to ++, -- and it played fine. Now with the M3a when I do the first way my voltage drops like crazy, and it plays fine the second way.

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

what final ohm load are you trying to get?

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

what final ohm load are you trying to get?

im gonna guess 1 ohm.

 

[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

what final ohm load are you trying to get?

2 ohms on a single BTL. So it should be wired +-, +- but when I do that the sub barely plays/moves and both of my DMM's ready ~.5 ohm with both wiring configs.

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

to get 1 ohm you wire the positive of one coil to the amp. then the neg that coil to the pos of the next. then the open neg goes to the amp.

 

[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

to get 1 ohm you wire the positive of one coil to the amp. then the neg that coil to the pos of the next. then the open neg goes to the amp.

****, figured it out. Thanks man.