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[mgaidica 10+ year member]

alright, after im done building the box, im going to put the subs in, say im wiring them in series, do i wire them from the terminals for before, inside the box?

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[evo2k3 10+ year member]

Originally posted by mgaidica alright, after im done building the box, im going to put the subs in, say im wiring them in series, do i wire them from the terminals for before, inside the box?

yes...you want only 2 wires (pos and neg) comming out of the box to go to the amp that is if your running into a 1 channel amp. In more general terms, its best to have twice the number of un bridged channels running into the box(twice to acount for pos and neg).

 

[mgaidica 10+ year member]

how do i wire them together keeping the box sealed?

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by mgaidica how do i wire them together keeping the box sealed?

Drill a hole in the back of the box, stick the wires through, and seal the hole over with silicon.

- Steve

 

[mgaidica 10+ year member]

and just carpet over that, correct?

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by mgaidica and just carpet over that, correct?

Correct

- Steve

 

[mgaidica 10+ year member]

arnt there supposed to be two speaker terminals?

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by mgaidica arnt there supposed to be two speaker terminals?

Nah, dont even bother with terminals...you can if you want, but I just run the wire straight from the amp right into the box itself.

- Steve

 

[mgaidica 10+ year member]

well i think im going to have to, i may have to take the box out for a trip or something, but in all these pictures i see 2 terminals on the boxes you buy, now is that cause they figure everyone can do something different? cause with my wiring i beleive i could go with just one terminal. thanks ss.

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by mgaidica well i think im going to have to, i may have to take the box out for a trip or something, but in all these pictures i see 2 terminals on the boxes you buy, now is that cause they figure everyone can do something different? cause with my wiring i beleive i could go with just one terminal. thanks ss.

Oh ok, so you need the box to be removable. The pre made boxes? They come with 2 terminals because I guess they think 'newbies' will buy them because they do not know how to wire in parallel/series.

With your wiring, yes, you would only need one terminal.

- Steve

 

[mgaidica 10+ year member]

alright sounds good. do you know where to get some quality terminals?

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by mgaidica alright sounds good. do you know where to get some quality terminals?

Radio Shack will have them.

- Steve