WTF just happend?

[-BenBen- 10+ year member]

any battery should work.. when we can start adding up what we have and subtracting the things we don't, we can figure out this problem. right now we just think our wiring is ok, assuming everything is supposed to work, yet it doesn't. i think everyone following here would agree.

ok will do.. thanks guys

 

[ssteele18 10+ year member]

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ok will do.. thanks guys

Have you by chance checked if your amp will support a 1 ohm load? From the sounds of it, you are not familiar with this amp. What he was doing(gathering all of the thoughts so far) was running 1 coil per channel, right? So each channel was getting a 2 ohm load...? When you wire in parallel down to 1 ohm and bridge, the amp may not be stable.. Check that out too.

 

[gckless 5,000+ posts]

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Have you by chance checked if your amp will support a 1 ohm load? From the sounds of it, you are not familiar with this amp. What he was doing(gathering all of the thoughts so far) was running 1 coil per channel, right? So each channel was getting a 2 ohm load...? When you wire in parallel down to 1 ohm and bridge, the amp may not be stable.. Check that out too.

Or he was just running both coils to a monoblock. OP's got an SAZ I think, so he's got 4 terminals, but only one channel. Definitely 1 ohm stable. If that's the amp he's using. Doesn't really matter what the last dude was doing at this point IMO.

 

[NASTY08IMPALA 5,000+ posts]

yes his amp is a saz3000 ..u shouldnt have touched it it was already wired at 1 ohm he jus had each lead gojng to that amp..and there arent channels on that anp ..all inernally bridged

 

[NASTY08IMPALA 5,000+ posts]

wow i hate typing on this phone..lol...i hope u didnt fudge up a sub that wasnt urs ..u just got bad luck man

 

[ssteele18 10+ year member]

yes his amp is a saz3000 ..u shouldnt have touched it it was already wired at 1 ohm he jus had each lead gojng to that amp..and there arent channels on that anp ..all inernally bridged

Or he was just running both coils to a monoblock. OP's got an SAZ I think, so he's got 4 terminals, but only one channel. Definitely 1 ohm stable. If that's the amp he's using. Doesn't really matter what the last dude was doing at this point IMO.

He makes it seem like they're separate channels... How do you have the dough to run a setup like this but not know how to wire! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif wish I had the money.

Long story short then, by wiring each coil into each "channel" on your amp, you'll be at 1ohm.. I see many mono blocks nowadays running internal bridging.. Hook one coil to each and figure out why nothing is playing..

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

monos with internal bridging? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

 

[ssteele18 10+ year member]

monos with internal bridging? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

It's not the same as bridging a 2 channel amp. They just have the terminals wired in parallel so it make it easier to hook up 2 subs. You just run each sub(or in his case, coil) into each terminal and it wires in parallel.. Rather than wiring it all together before the amp.

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

Wtf r u doing with good equipment if you don't know wtf you are doing??

 

[Serpent710 10+ year member]

Subwoofer Wiring Diagrams

2 second google search.

 

[gckless 5,000+ posts]

He makes it seem like they're separate channels... How do you have the dough to run a setup like this but not know how to wire! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif wish I had the money.Long story short then, by wiring each coil into each "channel" on your amp, you'll be at 1ohm.. I see many mono blocks nowadays running internal bridging.. Hook one coil to each and figure out why nothing is playing..

Yeah he does make it seem that way, but I'm not sure he actually knows.

 

[-BenBen- 10+ year member]

Yeah he does make it seem that way, but I'm not sure he actually knows.

I know. i just wanted it more convient having 1 set of wires vs 2. anyway the motor shifted so i threw it away. pissed me off, it was bad and i didnt know it, the motor was in terrible condition. so i now will be getting a new sub

 

[michaellane 5,000+ posts]

First, please clear up your sentences..It's killin' me trying to understand.. You were saying there were how many wires total? And it's a DVC or QVC? I'm confused.
Edit: Beat me to it... Cellphones... Smh

he doesnt have time for that...he is a busy man

 

[gckless 5,000+ posts]

I know. i just wanted it more convient having 1 set of wires vs 2. anyway the motor shifted so i threw it away. pissed me off, it was bad and i didnt know it, the motor was in terrible condition. so i now will be getting a new sub

So was he using 2 channels or just 2 sets of wires to a single channel? And way to let us know that you figured out the problem.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

It's not the same as bridging a 2 channel amp. They just have the terminals wired in parallel so it make it easier to hook up 2 subs. You just run each sub(or in his case, coil) into each terminal and it wires in parallel.. Rather than wiring it all together before the amp.

i know what you meant, saying it like that though throws alot of people, my buddys cousin still swears the aq2200 my buddy bought needs bridged, he thinks its a 2 channel amp cause it has 2 sets of speaker terminals