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sup peeps i just bought a new sub yesterday poweracustics daul voice coil
and i hooked it up the way it said in the instructions so am using both coils..
now my amp is getting relly hot and turning off and on on me cause it over heating
dose any body know what the best way 2 hook up a daul voice coil sub to a 2 channle amp?

 
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gonna need more info to help you out like the power rating on the sub and amp ...if the amp is bridgeable ect.
mod should probably move this to ICE so more people can help

 
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yep

 
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sounds like that sub is just pullin more power then the amp is able to give

 
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ur not runing the amp stable... u need to find what OHM the amp runs and run the speakers at the same OHM.... thats why its heating up ... ur gonna blow ur amp if you dont match the OHMs

 
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nice avatar 'cracka'

 
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thanks, i like it


even tho i stole it from some other dude on another fourm, and i thought the cracka went nice with it

 
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didnt think about that

 
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ok the amp is a 600 watt kennwood and yes it is bridgeable
the sub is i thing 900 watt daul voicecoil poweracustic...

i hooked the the sub up like this ran the - to the other side of the - for the voice coil
and hook the + to the other + the ran the amp - to - and + to +
the its bridged to my amp now which am using a - from one of my channles and + from the other
i be better with a diagram so sorry if am confussing

 
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Don't run it like that. Just hook it up as if it were two different speakers. Don't combine any of the wires in any way. You MIGHT be able to get away with it if your amp is stable to 2 OHMs in bridged mode, OR if your speaker is 2 OHMs per coil you can run it in series and get 4 OHMs out of it. Anyway, neither of those is probably the case, so just run it like you would two different speakers. Forget all that bridging stuff. Any more questions ask me, I've done installs for about 8 years now. I know a thing or two.

-Keith

 
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alot of people on this site know ALOT about audio, he doesnt just need to ask you

 
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Whoa, easy killer. I was just trying to be nice. No need to flame.

 
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i wasnt flaming bro,

 
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what a relief

 
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see that ? thats the worlds smallest violin.

 
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You may want to use a cap. as well. Worked great for me.

 
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Go to www.RockfordFosgate.com They have wiring diagrams for different combinations. As far as a cap I don't think you'll need one. I heard they were a waste of money.

 
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Byrd-
Definitely not a waste. Helps a lot. I've got a Sony Xplod 1000 watt amp pushing two Pioneer 500 watt subs. The Cap prevents the dimming effect when ever hard bass hits. So it's something I would recommend getting.

 
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I would get a cap. . It helps keep the bass more consistant. . Also .. what are the OHMS on the sub? What's the least ammount of OHMs your amp can do?

 
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he wont blow the amp...it has that safty feature where it will cut off when it gets too hot..whats it called some sort of special circuitry

 
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Yeah .. most new amps do that now. . Mine does . . When it gets hot it just shuts down. . Which is good. . Just a safety feature. . It goes to sleep instead of dying.