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I'm redoing my system and I have everything hooked up except for the subs and I'm not sure how I should wire them. . . here's the specs on them.

AW1251T
12” NATURAL SOUND WOOFER
45 oz. Strontium Magnet
Power Handling: 400 watts R.M.S.
Frequency Response: 24Hz - 1kHz
Efficiency: 92.1 dB
PHAT Foam Surround
Non- Pressed, Non-Transfer Paper Cone
KM3’ Coated for Virtually No Cone Distortion
2” 4-Layer ASV Voice Coil
Dual 4 Ohm
2 Ohm or 8 Ohm Operation
Mounting Dimensions: Depth; 5 1/4” Hole; 10 7/8” Diameter; 12 1/2”
Lug Lock Terminals

The amp I have is a rockford fosgate 700s. Any suggestions as to how I should wire them?

 
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OK, don't bother responding. . . I wired them bridged in parallel @ 4 Ohms and each sub is getting 700 watts. I was listening to my stereo at 40 volume earlier today and I put the subs at -3 setting and blew out my fuses at 10 volume. 1400 watts is rediculous !!!

 
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im betting you blew out yoru fuses becuase you wired it parrallel at 1 ohm, not 4 ohm. is that amplifier 1 ohm stable? ill bet that its not!

youd wire it in series-parrallel for a 4 ohm load, which that amplifier could definitely handle! each subwoofer would be wired in series for an 8 ohm load, then across the woofers parrallel , wdropping the total load to 4 ohms, which, as far as i knew for that amplifier, was the minimum load it could hand bridged? am i wrong?

however, it would make perfect sense if you wired it to one ohm rather than 4 ohm, due to blowing the fuse at such a low volume level!

 
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Posts like this make me laugh.

I like to laugh.

Keep up the good work young grasshoppers ......

 
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I blew the fuse cuz' i was still using a 30 amp fuse on the distribution block. I upgraded it to 50 and was playing it at 30 today. I know what i'm doing fella's I'm an engineering student so I'm no dummy.

And yes white rabbit I did wire it at a 4 Ohm load, but thanx for the advice on blowing the fuse.

 
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Sorry ....I just assumed the worst ....

Its just amazing at times though what people do. I try to help friends out but some never listen. Then with a boom things get smoked and they wonder why.

Most times its like that comedian used to say .... here's you sign.

 
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BTW joe, that is an awesome amp rack you build. When I have time I might start to design something like that on my own. . . have the amps overheated or given you any problems with that cover over them? Do you have a fan set up on it? Any suggestions b4 I start on mine? And what material did you use? Thanx