Wiring 8+ DVC subs together, any calcs out there capable??

[Bake 10+ year member]

Go Here, section 38 deals with series and parallel connections. Sounds like you could benefit from reading everything there.

 

[CHEMMINS 10+ year member]

Better question is......can you even afford 10-12 dvc subs?....the amps to run them?....the electrical to back it up?

If you answered "no" to any of the above.....you are a retard for even asking in the first place.

 

[CoilBurner]

Yes I can afford 12 drivers. And already own the saz3k and the 200amp alt and 3 extra batts

Stupid canadian

 

[elancohen92 10+ year member]

why do you want 12 woofers? and what size?

 

[CHEMMINS 10+ year member]

Yes I can afford 12 drivers. And already own the saz3k and the 200amp alt and 3 extra batts
Stupid canadian

Well for one....Canadian has a capital C.

For two....why would you run 12 drivers off a 3k amp....with box rise you will be lucky to see 200 watts per sub.

And last...but not least.....

Who the fuck you calling stupid. You can't even figure out how to wire a couple subs together.

 

[T.I.K. 10+ year member]

Well for one....Canadian has a capital C.
For two....why would you run 12 drivers off a 3k amp....with box rise you will be lucky to see 200 watts per sub.

And last...but not least.....

Who the fuck you calling stupid. You can't even figure out how to wire a couple subs together.

What would have been stupid would have been if he had tried to wire them without help.

 

[CHEMMINS 10+ year member]

Actually that would have been funny.

 

[T.I.K. 10+ year member]

Actually that would have been funny.

It would only have been funny if he had hooked it all up, and filmed the system's "debut" and we saw his amp explode. Alternatively it would have been funny if he had wired it to like a 48 ohm load and the subs barely made the mic distort.

 

[cx-7heaven 10+ year member]

I can understand the desire to learn how to set this up, but honestly, if the tips that were given on page 1 seem confusing to you then you NEED to find someone who knows how to wire that up. You need to pay very close attention while this is happening so that you can learn something.

If you still insist on trying this yourself, I will attempt one time to help you. Each sub has 2 coils, for a total of 4 terminals-2 positive and 2 negative. In parallel wiring, on each sub, connect the 2 positives to each other and the 2 negatives to each other. This will give you a total load of half of the orginal impedance. Example: dvc 4 ohm sub in parallel makes an end load of 2 ohms. If you have 2 subs, after you have connected the coils in parallel, you then wire the subs together the same way, positives to each other and negatives to each other. You will then have a single positive and a single negative wire for the pair of subs for you to connect to the amp at a total load of 1 ohm.

sub1

4ohm+ -

....... | |....2ohms+ -

4ohm+ -..............| |

.........................| |

sub2...................| | 1ohm + - ( these get hooked to the speaker outputs of the amplifier for a 1 ohm load)

4ohm+ -..............| |

....... | |... 2ohms+ -

4ohm+ -

That is one pair of dvc 4 ohm subs. In my sig, I have 8 dvc 4 ohm subs wired at a total load of 1 ohm. To achieve that, I wired each pair of subs as I described above. Then I wired a pair of subs to another pair of subs in parallel to get a 1/2 ohm load. At this point I have 2 sets of 4 subs each, with each set showing a 1/2 ohm load. Then I wired the 2 sets in series to each other for a total load of 1 ohm.

Series:

1/2 ohm + - > to amp negative

...........|....................................1ohm load

1/2 ohm - + > to amp positive

Notice that I wired the pos of one set to the neg of the other set. That left me with 1 pos and 1 neg wire to connect to the amp. You can also do this on a sub. With the same dvc 4 sub as up top, wired in series you will achieve an 8 ohm load. 2 of those subs wired to each other in parallel will give a 4 ohm load per pair. 1 pair of subs wired to another pair of subs in parallel will give a 2 ohm load. A 4 sub set at 2ohms wired in parallel to another 4 sub set at 2ohms will give you a 1ohm total load for all 8 subs.

If this is confusing to you, hire somebody to do it for you, or find a new, less confusing hobby.... like collecting cabbage patch kids or something.

Edit: the dots are placeholders as the forum auto removed my spaces.

 

[cx-7heaven 10+ year member]

Also look here:

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[akheathen Premium Member]

just keep it simple. if they are all d4 coils, then series the coils for 8ohms. then parallel all of them to the amp

 

[CHEMMINS 10+ year member]

That gives you a .666666 load. Be ok for burping, but I wouldn't run it daily like that.

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

he wanted "like .5ohms".......

 

[CHEMMINS 10+ year member]

True....but he also doesn't know what he is doing.

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

lol..... can also wire each half into 2 separate 1.333 ohm loads and series to 2.66 for daily, or parallel to .66 for comp/burp.