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06-29-2005, 01:49 PM
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ok let's face it... i dont know much about electronics in cars. I have a rockford fosgate amp that powers around 700 watts to a single 4 voicecoil 10' audiobahn flame Q. I have everything in my car run back to the amp and it has power to it. We even hooked up other subs to it and it worked. I can't seem to figure out the sub wiring inside the box in order to make my sub work. right now i just have random wires thrown together in there in some pattern that i just guessed on and it doesnt work. So if anybody could help me with that, that would be great. All i want is a lil bumpin in my car.
06-29-2005, 02:07 PM
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Since this is a single voicecoil sub, the wiring inside the box shouldnt be too difficult. + from the sub to the box, - from the sub to the box. Then it goes to the amp.
Are you positive that the sub is in working order?
Are you positive that the sub is in working order?
06-29-2005, 02:10 PM
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well i cant seem to find anything else wrong with it. It's not blown it just wont work. I was told its a dual voice coil. It's got 2 -'s and 2 +'s on the left side and 2 more -'s and 2 +'s on the right side.
06-29-2005, 05:21 PM
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If I remember correctly from my younger days (ripe old age of 26) we would just have a speaker wire that connected the two same type terminals (+to+ , -to-) on the sub together. Then we just run one length of speaker cable from the amp to the sub.
Side note: I think the sub should make some kind of noise even if you only connect one set of terminals. You might have a bad sub.
Side note: I think the sub should make some kind of noise even if you only connect one set of terminals. You might have a bad sub.
06-29-2005, 06:32 PM
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dual voice coil is connect a small piece of wire from one + to one _ on the sub. Then from the inside of the box plug one + and One - to the one that you did not already connect. DONE!
06-30-2005, 07:10 AM
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+ to + and - to - is for wiring in parallel
+ to - is for wiring in series
http://www.jlaudio.com/tutorials/wiring/index.html
+ to - is for wiring in series
http://www.jlaudio.com/tutorials/wiring/index.html
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Ok, if they are dual voicecoils, you are going to have to tell us the model of the amp and how you hooked it up. Maybe you are currently running at too low of an impedance and the amp is on power protection :dunno:
06-30-2005, 03:21 PM
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im just goin to say screw it and its broken or something. I've tried everything in the world and it wont even make a sound at all. Thanks for all your help though guys.