speaker wire, voicecoil? PLEASE HELP !! trying to install system as we speak !!?

Question

i have two dvc kicker L7 12inch 4ohm subs. i know how to wire it to 1ohm, but wen i wire it up do i put the negative speaker wire AND positive speaker wire to every voicecoil? or do i only wire all negative speaker wires to all the negative voicecoils? and all positive speaker wires to all positive voicecoils? PLEASE TRY TO UNDERSTAND WAT IM TRYING TO SAY I NEED HELP DESPRATELY

Answer 1

+ to + to and - to - to . (parallel) resistance will be divided or lowered (8ohms/2=4 total ohms). Or if you have 4 ohm speakers it will be 2 ohms total resistance (4/2). You will get more output because of lower total system resistance. Is your amp stable to 2 ohms? In my past experience it doesn't work as well to just jumper the speaker positives together and run one set of wires to the amp. It should work in theory but it seems one is always louder than the other. It is best to have both sets of wires the same length running to the amp or to the outside of the box. This is call "home wiring". Then just hook the positives together and the negatives together.

So you should have 4 wires (2 sets of + and -) all the same length running from the + and - of each speaker. The two +'s should be hooked together and the two -'s should be hooked together. Those will hook to the + and - speaker outputs of your amp. Some amps allow you to "bridge" this connection to get a little more power for a mono system. Look in the amp's installation instructions under "bridging". If the amp is a stereo amp it will say to hook to the - of the left and + of the right or something like that. Just check the instructions.

If you hook them in series (+ to -) the resistance of the speakers is added together and the total system resistance will go up. You probably already know that but others reading this may not yet understand.

Answer 2

Each voice coil has a negative terminal and a positive terminal; there's no "negative voice coil" and "positive voice coil". In a parallel wiring setup, all the positive terminals are connected to the positive terminal at the amp, and ditto for the negative terminals. It doesn't matter much exactly how you wire this; you can run a short wire from one positive terminal to the other positive terminal, then a second wire from that terminal to the amp.

It sounds like a diagram might do you some good:
http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/rftech/woofer_wizard/2_4ohmDVC_1ohm.gif

Answer 3

two 4 ohm speakers wired to the same output... positive to+ and negative to - you will double the load to 2 ohm not many amps like that much load. Good luck.... Looping positive to pos on the first speaker negative from that speaker to pos on second speaker then negative on second speaker to the amp wired in series 8 ohm load.

Answer 4

I dont understand what are you talking about...