wire up 4 4ohm dual voice coil subs

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

i just checked out crutchfields page on how to wire subs. i see thats its not hard i just need some wire. the thing is the box im geting has 2 chambers. thats 2 subs per chamber. but each wire goes around in like a circle that how it looks to me on there web site. and a - and + goes to the mono amp. how could i do all my wires if theres 2 chambers i would not be able to run wires all around in the inside of the box . it is a sealed box no port so couldint even be getho and run wire threw the port.could i connect the - and + of one sub to gether and run the other - and + to the therminal cuz its dual voice coil. and do all my wire conectes at the terminals on the out side of the box. each sub has its own terminal. thanks i hope u guys understand. cuz i dont wana cut a small whole so i can run my wires around in side of the box

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[DJ Nitrous 427 10+ year member]

tell me what you want your final impedence to be and ill draw you a picture

I assume theres 1 terminal per chamber (2 subs per terminal)

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

see the thing is i want to go down to 1 ohm i know how to do that. the thing is there is 2 chambers 2 subs per chamber and there is four fcking terminals. so each sub has one. i would have to drill a hole in side the box to run the wire arouind in side. some what like a circle. i want to take the - and + of the sub put it together like u would when running 4 4 ohm dual voice coils . then the outher - and + go to the terminal do that for all four. and then start to connect the wires on the out side of the box. sub one - to amp then - from the terminal to the next sub - .sub one + to the amp and + from the box terminal to the next sub + terminal all the way around. on the out side of the box not in side is that ok

 

[tc3k101 5,000+ posts]

do this per champer

both + from the sub to the positive on the terminal

both - on the sub to the negative on a terminal.

now take both + from both chambers that are wired to the sub and put it to the + on the amp

do the same for the -

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

4 Dual 4-ohm subs will not reach 1 ohm. either 2 ohm or 0.5 ohm.

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

why not im gona get a 1600 rms 1 ohm mono amp

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

why not im gona get a 1600 rms 1 ohm mono amp

you can buy whatever amp you want. the final impedance of 4 dual 4-ohm subs cannot be wired to 1 ohm. the12volt.com has a wiring diagram you can play around with. with all 4 subs wired together you can get 2 or 0.5 ohm

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

its 4 subs so there would b 4+ wires and 4 - wires coming from the back of the box

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

why not im gona get a 1600 rms 1 ohm mono amp

you can buy whatever amp you want. the final impedance of 4 dual 4-ohm subs cannot be wired to 1 ohm. the12volt.com has a wiring diagram you can play around with. with all 4 subs wired together you can get 2 or 0.5 ohm

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

so how do i get down to 1 can i do it with 2 2 ohm 12s. lets say 2 good subs. i was gona get 4 ok subs.

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

its 4 subs so there would b 4+ wires and 4 - wires coming from the back of the box

is each sub DUAL voice coil? if so, you would have 8 voice coils total (2 per sub x 4 subs = 8). you must have SINGLE voice coil subs (1 per sub x 4 subs = 4). you put DUAL in the title of this thread

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

they are dual voice coil subs. there is 2 - and 2 + on the sub. each coil is 200 rms so that is 400 rms per sub x 4 1600 rms that why im trying to power them with a 1 ohm stable mono amp

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

but now im -being told i would go lower then 1 ohm or would run at 2 ohm and i could only send like 12oo rms to the subs at 2 ohms and 14.0 volts

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

so how do i get down to 1 can i do it with 2 2 ohm 12s. lets say 2 good subs. i was gona get 4 ok subs.

you can get 4 single voice coils subs (4 ohm each). that will be work for 1 ohm final impedance. I have 4 10"s that are single voice coil 4 ohm available. I can get pics if your interested.

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

yes please. so i can find 4 4 ohm subs that are 400 rms each . is there alot of subs that are 400 rms. or can i go more then 400 cuz the amp is 1600 rms i dont wan run less then 4 12s if im gona run 12s . i will do 2 15s