wiring dual 4 ohm subs

[Rocky213 10+ year member]

if im wiring two dual 4ohm subs into a one chanel mono amp what would be the diference with wiring paralel as opose to just one voice coil to another and then to the amp...wouldnt they both be one ohm load whichever way you wire it

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[The Silverman 10+ year member]

No...

If you mean wire ONE positive coil of one sub to ONE positive coil of the other sub then run it to the amp then do the same for negative...(while leaving one positive and one negative on each sub not connected to anything) you're halfway doing it, its not recommended, and probably will damage something...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/pissed.gif.9f665f96bc89e98e708dabd4580bb591.gif

If you mean wire all the positives to each other and then run them to the amp

then do the same for the negative side....that is parallel...and you would get 1 ohm:fro:

in other words you have to wire both + and - coils per sub...

 

[Rocky213 10+ year member]

well paralel is having the negative on one coil and the positive on the other coil going to the amp...right???...im talking bout if you just hook up the two voice coils together and have the negative and the positive from the same coil going to the amp

 

[Rocky213 10+ year member]

does that make any sense or am i speaking chinese

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

amp+____________________VC1+____VC2+_________VC1+____VC2+

amp-_____________________VC1-____VC2-__________VC1-____VC2-

 

[Rocky213 10+ year member]

two subs for one amp bud

 

[Rocky213 10+ year member]

oh.. well thats not what it says on the diagram

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

oh.. well thats not what it says on the diagram

It does, just in a different way.

 

[ikillzombienuns 10+ year member]

look if your having trouble figuring out your VC wiring just google it man it will give you complete charts and pics to show you many different ways and ohm loads for all wiring types. its very helpful then just find the chart that fits your subs and load your looking for print it out and wire everything up. I've been doing stereos awhile and still i look to these charts to make sure i dont wire wrong and over load my amp.