how do i wire these?

[bigbadchev84]

i tried the audio forum, but not much input there, i am wanting to get these fixed quick! I have a 4ohm amp and these subs that are 2ohm or 8ohm dvcs they are 10" Orion xtr3s i have them in a bandpass box and they are bridged with the +s wired together and the -s wired together they hit decent down low, but when i go to turn it up 1/2way the amp starts to cut out i have tried 3 different amps with the same thing. im sure i have them wired wrong. any ideas?

 

[78Suburban]

the rockford fosgate wiring wizard should tell you

 

[bigbadchev84]

got a link?

 

[78Suburban]

http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/rftech/wiringwizard.asp

just make sure not to wire them for a 1 ohm load.

 

[78Suburban]

also, you have to know the ohm load of your subs.. test them out with a multimeter.

 

[SkysTheLimit]

If you have all the positive sides wired together, that's your problem. 4ohm voice coils, 2 each, wired in parallel and then the subs paralleled will present a 1 ohm load to your amp that is only "rated" to 4ohm. So far you're lucky your amp has only cut out and not checked out.

You got two choices and maybe an audio engineer will correct me but as far as I know, there's no difference. 1) put your VC's in series and the subs parallel. That will be a 4ohm load. 2) put your VC's in parallel and the subs in series. Same end result.

Personally, I've always used option 1. Why? I dunno but my 2 12's hit like a mofo.

 

[btolenti]

If you have all the positive sides wired together, that's your problem. 4ohm voice coils, 2 each, wired in parallel and then the subs paralleled will present a 1 ohm load to your amp that is only "rated" to 4ohm. So far you're lucky your amp has only cut out and not checked out.

You got two choices and maybe an audio engineer will correct me but as far as I know, there's no difference. 1) put your VC's in series and the subs parallel. That will be a 4ohm load. 2) put your VC's in parallel and the subs in series. Same end result.

Personally, I've always used option 1. Why? I dunno but my 2 12's hit like a mofo.

X2.

 

[Brians89K5]

I have my subs wired in at 1 ohm and it hits hard too. But my amp is 1ohm stable. Go with Sky's the limits idea, it'll work. G'luck

~Brian