Sub Wiring Q's
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Sub Wiring Q's
I'm about to build a bigger sub enclosure for my truck because I'm getting a 3rd solo-baric. Currently I have 2-8" L7 solo-barics to a 1200 watt phoenix gold xeon amp that is 1 ohm stable. What would be the best way to wire all three subs together parallel or in series? Also could you give or explain the wiring diagram?
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1 ohm stable gives you a decent slack, however we need to know the resistance of the subs to get it right.
Assuming all are SVC 4ohm. All three in parallel (all positives to amp positive and all neg to amp neg), you should have a total load of 1.33ohm Which is above 1 ohm and the amp should be fine. This is going to be the lowest load. In series 3 SVC 4 ohm speakers would be 12ohm load on the amp. DVC also adds another hitch, so please provide voice coil and resistance.
Assuming all are SVC 4ohm. All three in parallel (all positives to amp positive and all neg to amp neg), you should have a total load of 1.33ohm Which is above 1 ohm and the amp should be fine. This is going to be the lowest load. In series 3 SVC 4 ohm speakers would be 12ohm load on the amp. DVC also adds another hitch, so please provide voice coil and resistance.
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Now DVC makes it different. DVC is going to be wired like 6 separate speakers. If you wire them all as parallel, you will have .66 ohm load and your 1 ohm stable amp will fail. Your going to have to get a little more indepth here and use series/parallel. Basically on each speaker you have 4 connectors (2 positive, 2 negative). You need to make a jumper to connect a positive and a negative on each one. Then use the free positive to connect to the amp positive and the neg to the amp neg. This will make each speaker 8ohm, and three in parallel would give you a load of 2.66ohm.
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