touching make a diffrence.

[San-Die-go 10+ year member]

quik question i have a viper 1200 hooked up to 2 12"sl5 @ 1ohm, the connection for the + and - requires a special hookup when i hooked it up it was small so i kinda forced it in so just wondering if the rings touch each other would it bridge the ohms diffrent, its been runnin good but gets hot quik maybe the problem. Thanx A Lot Fellas.

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[San-Die-go 10+ year member]

heres a pic if it helps ooooo

+-^+-

remote in the middle, thats what the connection looks like im talkin about the circles being stretched out and touching.

 

[JAZN 5,000+ posts]

i have no clue what you're talking about. i just dont understand what "rings" and "circles" are.

 

[San-Die-go 10+ year member]

you probably have to own a viper 1200 to know

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

I might be pickin one up in a few days, ill try and help if I get it then and you havnt figured it out yet

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

Ask Flakko, I know he owns one of these amps.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

It's not good if a + and - are touching in ANY case, no matter it be the speakers or the power wires. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Bake 10+ year member]

I'm not sure what rings and circles you are talking about either, however if any of your outputs are shorted (touching) it is a problem. If the positive and negative of a channel are touching you are in fact presenting you amp with a 0 ohm load. I doubt it is stable to that level.

 

[creater 10+ year member]

wires touching...that aint good mang...

um maybe a pic would greatfully help //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

How are the rings touching? i have two viper amps and mine are fine.

 

[creater 10+ year member]

it would be a shame if he damages the amp

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

lol i know what the rings are, its just that i don know wat your talking bout. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

are you using 1 set of terminals? since you have 2 subs i would reccomend using both sets of terminals due to ease of use, the amp will read the 2 subs @ 1 ohm together.

also its not good to touch the neg and pos ends of the speaker wire together. maybe if you have a pic i can help you out.

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

wait! are the rings ring terminals? if so dont use them. just stick the bare wire into the slot.