Help With Subwoofer And Amp Wiring
Hopefully someone can help me with this.
I have a pioneer sub (TS-W307D2), I looked at the back and it had the 2 middle connections connected together which are positive and negative is that right? It is currently hooked up as a 4 ohm sub but I was wondering if my amp GM-5300T would be able to run it at 2 ohms?
Ive heard to run 2 wires from the amp in bridged mode and connect it up to both 2 ohms connections on the sub but i dont wanna blow anything up.
any help would be good
Donati..Whoa Green
No, this sub can only be run at 4-ohms or 1-ohm, and if you go 1-ohm you will kill the amp.
Edit: You have a two channel amp, bridge the channels and you will have 380wrms at 4-ohms, the most power that amp can put out. Bridge it and it will be very very close to maximum potential for that sub.
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ah ok well thats good to know, n also just wondering why it has the 2 ohm connections when i can only run it at 4 ohm or 1 ?
Donati..Whoa Green
They have dual coil subs because it gives you more wiring options than a single coil sub. In you case it can make 1-ohm OR 4-ohm, whereas if you have a dual 4-ohm sub you could make 2-ohms OR 8-ohms. And when you get another sub even more wiring configurations become available.
-Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
-Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
-Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short Phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan (1986)
ah yeah, and what about the wire connected to the positive and negative whats that for? should i take it out?
also if I got a 2ohm amp would i just connect it to the 2 ohms connections? or is that still a no go.
Im heaps confused lol
Donati..Whoa Green
That wire that connects the 1st voice coils negative to the second voice coils positive is what make the sub run at 4-ohm, its wired in series.
What you should have is this. Channel 1 positive on you amp should have a wire going to the positive on voice coil 1 on the sub. Then the wire mentioned in the first paragraph. Then a wire going from the second channel's negative on the amp, to the negative on the second voice coil on the sub. Can you make sense of that?
-Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
-Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
-Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short Phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan (1986)
Donati..Whoa Green
Thought a diagram might be easier, just connect wires where the yellow lines are, and leave that little one on the sub.
-Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
-Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
-Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short Phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan (1986)
I understand now, Thanks for your helpi better get back to setting this up.
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