Wiring Two Subwoofers DVC 4 Ohm - 1 Ohm Parallel vs 4 Ohm Series Wiring 

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Pretty simple right?

@@Qualitymobilevideo question. Please respond. I have 3 settings on my amp. LPF dial from 30-250hz. I have a subsonic dial from 30-50. Then i have the gain. I only have a button to go from 0-6-12db. My question is, where should the LPF dial be set at, and same question for the subsonic dial? I have 2 Memphis PR 15's in a ported SPL box and the subs sound really good, but since I've done so much audio over the years and i got out of it for a few years, then back in it, I've lost my touch. Can you give me an idea? Thank you

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Quality Mobile Video yeah but you missed something now how do you run it to the box ?

Those 4 sets of wires that he twisted together to make one red and one black set, run those to your monoblock amp.

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lol i just wrote for help on exactly that issue. didnt want to drill hole thru the chambers for wire...but ,getting rid of a possible air leak from one of these terminal cups will be a goal in my next encloser,thanks alot your input is wat i couldnt find in an actual video.im going to wire it up RIGHT NOW.IN MY TOYOTA SIENNA VAN LOL,BOOM DIDEBOOMBOOM

Finally someone who clarifies this I have been wondering if I have a 1 ohm final load on amp wiring 2 2 ohm loads through separate chambers to the amp

I needed to read this. He didn’t explain.

Im sorry i'm new to this but let me make sure I have this right... so I would wire posi to posi and neg to neg on one sub, then wire to the cup, and do the same for the other sub? (so I dont have to wire the connection to the other sub?) Then connecting both cups to the amp will make a parrellel connection for 1 ohm imp? I also have an enclosure with two separate chambers and would like to avoid drilling a hole in the middle. Thank you to anyone who can answer this for me

Ok I think i might understand now but I'm still not entirely sure. I would wire each sub positive to positive and negative to negative and then to each cup. Then, from each cup outside the box, I would connect positive to positive and negative to negative and then wire that connection to the amp?

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4 Ohm sounds the best imo, 2 and 1 ohm are for spl ratings

@@peterrasmussen68 no they’re not. It’s literally designed for the subs. Not for an SPL rating.

My sound quality went down but not by much, it’s hard to tell because there’s so much power now😂 Im never going back to 4 ohms

I'm running my subs at .5 ohms lol 😆 granted my system is built for it and set for spl so there is that

My amp is 1500 watts, and i have 2 gravity sub 3000watts max 1500 RMS, i did the conection 1ohm and the amp stop (red light protection) what can i do?

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Same here, this video helped ne out alot!

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Still confusing asf tho

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It does not matter on the outputs. The 2 on the amp are the same. It becomes more convenient as the wire guage increases

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Chad Jay. Skar sent a rep to my house. He brought the upgraded 350.1, i was having power issues with ohms and rms/peak power was pretty much the same. Proved this with a Kenwood excelon mono sub 600 watt. I used to power 3 w6's with it & a Phoenix gold 3 way Amp(really 4:1, could power 4 door speakers and a sub separately). Hopefully you're keeping up, I then trade the 3 JLs for jbl comp 15 in the biggest box I ever owned. I couldn't take the rattle or the box size anymore & JL cameoutwiththe W7 and I had to haveit, so then I sold the 15 with the custom box, and got a JL W7-12inch & it's absolutely ridiculously awesome beautiful breath taking insane ground pounding Mike Tyson Jab jab & then BOOM!! KNOCKOUT... Skar ended up comping(giving) me the 900.1 mono, wires, an Optima battery(just for the Amps & sub), & a Duracell power capacitor that looked like a giant AA battery. Call Skar or wherever you got it from & Bitch! That there is no difference rms/peak because there isn't, and u will get what you should have gotten the 1st TIME, an AMP capable of powering any sub or subs & u can wire it however you like & hear a difference 😉

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Parallel Wire outside the Box. Basically just run 2 P and 2 N wires from the Amp. One set(P&N) to each box. Subs are Paralleled inside the box. Same thing as demonstrated. Make sure you use Heavy Gauge wire.

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Thats awesome! Lol wifey hates it 😂

Quality Mobile Video omg thats the story of my life.... i bougt two RF. T1..15inch they cost $700 each online but I got two of them for 400 so of course I couldn't pass up on the deal now my wife tells me when I'm hungry to go chew on my speakers hahaha

Glad it helped, hopefully you only dusted the epoxy on the coils and didn't bake them.

1 ohm load will always offer you the most potential power of a system. 4 ohm is more efficiency

@@Qualitymobilevideo thank you for the answer . Great video and info

@@Qualitymobilevideo is 4ohm deeper or better sound?

MY AMP THAT ILL BE USING IS 3400 BOSS MONOBLOCK AMP

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I wouldn't, the subs will be fighting for space and sound bad

@@anthonyrodriguez5124 k makes sense..so how would I get the full frequency range. A 15 + 8 or 10in

@@stephenlouden480 I had 2 12s and 2 10s in a ford explorer a while back, didn't sound bad but have had better luck with sound with 4 of the same size subs, also makes a hell of a difference if you have 4 duel voice coils subs that are 2 ohms made done to 1ohm buy running in parallel

@@stephenlouden480 bruh subs are subs. they all have pretty close to the same range. theyre called subwoofers for a reason. you just need woofers (“normal” speakers) and tweeters for the full range. not different sized subwoofers.

@@seanrk876 makes sense but they were all given to me for free with amps too to promote the brand so whatever. it would've been better to have just one or two of same size but I said f it. lol. it was incredible anyway. especially the 8 custom tuned for more mid range than bass. I ended up selling my friend the 15 ..it was overkill

Great question! I should write a script about this. Most monoblocks come with just one set of terminals, but plenty of manufacturers design them with two sets. Monoblock amplifiers are ideally used to wire one or two subwoofers to. Bridging two subwoofers to a monoblock amplifier with one set of terminals is simple, you just put the two positive connections on the same positive terminal, and the two negative connections in the two negative terminals. But cramming two wires onto each terminal can sometimes be a little difficult or might not feel completely secure. That’s why some monoblocks are designed with two sets of terminals, so that when you bridged two subwoofers to the amplifier, each sub gets its own set of terminals, and it’s still one channel operation. It just makes life a little easier when wiring multiple subs. You can of course still use the two sets of terminals to wire one subwoofer to, you just instead use the left positive terminal and the negative terminal. All of this information will be in your installation manual.

@@Qualitymobilevideo Sorry for a late question if I can get help. I have a sae2000d with the 2 sets of outputs and 2 sa-12 dvc 4 ohm. The person I bought from has each wired separate in one box final from each sub is 2 ohm. Will the amp read 4 ohm from being connected or should I wire them into one set or wires for 1 ohm final

Need a lot more specificity! Kicker has over two dozen versions/models of 15" subs. Which model do you have. DVC or SVC. 4 ohm or 2 ohm. Combined RMS of the woofers?

Two DVC 4 ohm subwoofers will create a 1 ohm in parallel and 4 ohm in series

You actually need to multiply by 1/2

@@Qualitymobilevideo so for the 1 ohm wiring would I bridge it because my 2 channel Class d mono amp has 1 ohm max power or would I put the negative and positive in one channel and forget the 2nd channel

You must have two DVC 2 ohm woofers for an 8 ohm load. Wired in series yes.

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I have this same question

I swear that 3 prong extension cord was the right size

Series each woofer, run each woofer lead to the amp, that will parallel them for a four ohm load

The amplifier is only capable of 1500 Watts. It cannot double in power. The 1500 watts will split to 750 each sub

So it's a monoblock with two sets of terminals? Don't worry that's easy. We made a video giving a full explanation why some manufacturers do this and how to connect your sub(s): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f_HJ72sl2hA.html

1 ohm will provide the most power/bass possible. 4 ohm's will be about 25-50% the power depending on the amplifier, but much more efficient

Quality Mobile Video is 16 awg ok to use for wiring subs? i went to electronic express and picked up a wiring kit for my amp but they only had 16 gauge speaker wire so i went ahead and bought it