um...help?

[DeLaRosa25 10+ year member]

Ok i was real eager to get my sub going again and my dumbass is outside about 1hr ago..with lil light snow/rainish out..i was about to connect the wires to the amp (the woofer wires)...and a spark came ...i dont know if it was because of the rain or was because i accidently touched the lead wire i think with the neg or pos of the woofer wires.....did i like..break anything again or will i be fine..im going to wait untill i get into a garage or something this time instead of being stubborn and yea..i tried hooking the wires up and woofer wouldnt kick..i couldnt really see if it was in the pos or neg..or i did both wires switched them..you know...if the two wires didnt work in the spot..switch them to the other side so the neg would be pos and the pos would be neg...wiring in the box is just fine...

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[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

i dunno wtf that all says up there but disconnect your battery before you go messing with your power and grounds and what not

 

[Duke 10+ year member]

Check the resistance in ohms of your sub's voice coil with a digital multimeter. Is your sub a dual voice coil, or single voice coil?

 

[DeLaRosa25 10+ year member]

its dual

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

i dunno wtf that all says up there but disconnect your battery before you go messing with your power and grounds and what not

I agree.

 

[DeLaRosa25 10+ year member]

I have a kicker 10" CVR

10" SUBWOOFER

MAXIMUM POWER 600W PEAK

MAXIMUM POWER 300W RMS

4-OHM DUAL VOICE COIL

FREQUENCY RESPONSE 25-500 Hz

And a Kenwood Amp KENWOOD KAC-6202

Performance

RMS Power Output (Watts x Channels) 60 x 2

Frequency Response 20-20k Hz

THD at Rated RMS Power 1%

Signal to Noise Ratio 100 dB

Input Voltage 14.4v

Peak Power Output (Watts x Channels) 200 x 2

Power at 2 Ohms (Watts x Channels) 100 x 2

Bridged Power (Watts x Channels) 200 x 1

Minimum Impedance Bridged 4

Minimum Impedance Unbridged 2

Features

Amplifier Class AB

Tri-Way Capable Yes

Low-Pass Crossover Frequency 50-200 Hz

Low-Pass Slope (dB/octave) 12 dB

High-Pass Crossover Frequency 50-200 Hz

High-Pass Slope (dB/octave) 12 dB

Bass Boost No

Bass Boost Frequency N/A

Fan Cooled No

Fuse Rating 25 x 1

Speaker Level Inputs Yes

Preamp Outputs No

LED Power Indicator Yes

Width (inches) 14-11/16

Height (inches) 2-3/8

Depth (inches) 9-9/16

 

[Duke 10+ year member]

Check the resistance in ohms of your sub's voice coil with a digital multimeter.

^^^^^^^

 

[DeLaRosa25 10+ year member]

how much do they cost?...gotta wait till my next paycheck..just got paid mon..and that all went towards rent,bills,gas...

 

[Duke 10+ year member]

how much do they cost?...gotta wait till my next paycheck..just got paid mon..and that all went towards rent,bills,gas...

Not much. You can get an el cheapo one for probalby less than 10$.

 

[DeLaRosa25 10+ year member]

dont know exactly how to use them..I just touch the end of the multimeter to the coil?...I know some of them have different like..programs or whatever you have to set it to..well for cars you have to at least some..

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Worth repeating...a DMM is basically required if you install anything yourself.

You have no business doing this yourself otherwise.

Set the multimeter to its resistance setting (should have a little Greek omega letter, and probably a few range selections if it's not autoranging), and touch both probes to the terminals. If you don't get a value, adjust the ranges until you get the correct one (ohms, not milliohms or microhms).

 

[Duke 10+ year member]

Worth repeating...a DMM is basically required if you install anything yourself.
You have no business doing this yourself otherwise.

Set the multimeter to its resistance setting (should have a little Greek omega letter, and probably a few range selections if it's not autoranging), and touch both probes to the terminals.

X2.

Once you purchase one, you'll be able to figure out how to use it. It will probably come with instruction manuals and what not too.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[DeLaRosa25 10+ year member]

ok and when I do this..what should I be reading?..number range

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Anything around 4 ohms should be fine. It's a 4 ohm "nominal" load, so the DCR (resting value) will be off a little bit...3.7 or 3.6, something like that.

 

[DeLaRosa25 10+ year member]

Ok another thing..the wire you run from the subwoofer to the amp...can I just get that anywhere? Because I installed an amp rack and just re-used all my old wires and they dont reach far enough...What kind should I use...