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what OHM are the DVC subs? 4 or 8 (most likely 8)
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Then hooking up two voice coils to one side of the amp will result in a 2 ohm load.
Remember it gets halved. So 2ea 4ohm coils hooked up to one channel (+ and -) = 2 ohm load.
So yes it is possible and it is also the way those speakers were designed to be used.
Now I believe (do some checking and please correct me if I am wrong, I always have to look it up because I get confused) that you want to run the + from the amp to the + of one coil, run a wire from the - side of that coil to the + side of the other coil. Then run the remaining - terminal back to the amp.
Make sense? 1 speaker wired in series. (Just think of your DVC as two subs) so basically you are hooking up 4 speakers to 2 channels.
Remember it gets halved. So 2ea 4ohm coils hooked up to one channel (+ and -) = 2 ohm load.
So yes it is possible and it is also the way those speakers were designed to be used.
Now I believe (do some checking and please correct me if I am wrong, I always have to look it up because I get confused) that you want to run the + from the amp to the + of one coil, run a wire from the - side of that coil to the + side of the other coil. Then run the remaining - terminal back to the amp.
Make sense? 1 speaker wired in series. (Just think of your DVC as two subs) so basically you are hooking up 4 speakers to 2 channels.
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i think i got it. now to get the wires from both voice coils from one of the subs into one channel of the amp will in need to connect the wires somewhere before it goes into the channel or can i just run a wire from the - to + on each set of voice coils?
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you run a jumper from the + to the - one the coils, then the feed from the amp goes to the two remaining terminals.
This is called running the voice coils in SERIES.
Now I want you to check with your local installer before you take my word for it, I am doing this from memory and as I said I always look it up to double check, last thing you want is a 8 ohm load at the amp or to do it wrong........
This is called running the voice coils in SERIES.
Now I want you to check with your local installer before you take my word for it, I am doing this from memory and as I said I always look it up to double check, last thing you want is a 8 ohm load at the amp or to do it wrong........
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no you are right, it's been a while since i've wired subs to a two channel and it's kinda comin back to me. now in theory if you bridge the wires coming from the subs will that knock it down to 1 ohm?
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hahaha if you run all 4 voice coils in series you will have a 1 ohm load,
4 divided by 4
4 divided by 4
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actually when you run in series you increase the ohm load.. when you run in parallel you decrease the ohm load..
4ohm DVC sub run in in series your amp will see a 8ohm load on it..
4ohm DVC sub run in parallel your amp will see a 2ohm load on it..
Depending on your amp depends on how it can be run.
My Kicker KX1200.1 is stable to 1ohm and is a monoblock amp. To get it to 1 ohm I ran 2 DVC L5 (4 ohm) subs in parallel to get to 1 ohm. Now if my amp was nly stable to 2 ohms I would have to find some way to series/parallel or get subs that will work with the amp I am using.
4ohm DVC sub run in in series your amp will see a 8ohm load on it..
4ohm DVC sub run in parallel your amp will see a 2ohm load on it..
Depending on your amp depends on how it can be run.
My Kicker KX1200.1 is stable to 1ohm and is a monoblock amp. To get it to 1 ohm I ran 2 DVC L5 (4 ohm) subs in parallel to get to 1 ohm. Now if my amp was nly stable to 2 ohms I would have to find some way to series/parallel or get subs that will work with the amp I am using.
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To wire it for a 2ohm load you will connect both positives together and both negatives together..
Parallel ---> pos(+) to pos(+) , neg(-) to neg(-)
series ----> pos(+) to neg(-) , neg(-) to pos(+)
Parallel ---> pos(+) to pos(+) , neg(-) to neg(-)
series ----> pos(+) to neg(-) , neg(-) to pos(+)
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I had it backwards 
Thats why you always check!!
Thats why you always check!!
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410Fortune said:I had it backwards
Thats why you always check!!
Yupp... I tend to know a lot about car audio... Gone through atleast 10 or 12 different systems in my Ranger.. Sometimes it was cause I didn't like it anymore or wanted to upgrade.. Others it was cause someone liked it more than I did..
For the current subs that I got in there now this is the 3rd box for them and I am going to redo it again cause I don't like how they sound sealed.. Need to make another ported box, didn't want to do it last time cause I didn't want to try to squeeze 8 cu ft back there..
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8 feet, dang. this system i've been talking about is going in my brothers neon. i'm going to be starting a worklog here pretty soon for mine, it'l be 3 15" type R subs and 3 1600 watt amps. i already have everything it's just trying to find someone with a table saw, lol.
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mohog said:
No 8 cubic feet... different..
1 cubic feet is a box that is 12X12X12 ..
so a 8 cubic foot box could be 1 box that is 12X12X96 or a box that is 48X48X6. What I am talking about is inside volume when I say 8 cu ft not overall size..
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