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Winkler22 Feb 18, 2003 01:14 PM

Why didn't this work?
 
I tapped into the positive and negative wires coming from the factory amp to the Bose sub and split it off to my 2 10" Rockfords. All that happened was my Bose sub didn't work. Then when I took the taps off the wires the Bose sub started working again. I was trying to get some of the amp power goin to the Bose sub to power my 10s. Why didn't this work?

kingrye Feb 18, 2003 02:26 PM

do you have an aftermarket deck if so make sure the remote wire for the boseis hooked up to your deck

kingrye Feb 18, 2003 02:32 PM

never mind what i said

MacAlert Feb 18, 2003 02:57 PM

You might want to get another amp. If I am correct, the Bose amp does not have enough power to amplify 2 subs.

Winkler22 Feb 18, 2003 03:22 PM

Thanx. I was told a good amp to go w/ my 2 10" Rockford Z's would be the Rockford Power 350s. I found it on sounddomain.com for $180. Does anyone know if there is anywhere where I can get it cheaper?

phenryiv1 Feb 19, 2003 10:30 AM

When you say that you split off to the 2 rockfords did you split off the signal to an amp that then went to the 2 RF subs, or did you use the Bose amp to directly push the RFs?

Winkler22 Feb 19, 2003 01:43 PM

Well to go into detail I used 2 actual wire taps and tapped into the black(neg) and white(pos) wires coming from the Bose amp to the Bose sub and twisted 2 wires together for the pos and twisted 2 together for the neg and then seperated the positive wires and put them into the positive part for the 2 RFs and did the same w/ the negative.

phenryiv1 Feb 19, 2003 01:45 PM


Originally posted by Winkler22
Well to go into detail I used 2 actual wire taps and tapped into the black(neg) and white(pos) wires coming from the Bose amp to the Bose sub and twisted 2 wires together for the pos and twisted 2 together for the neg and then seperated the positive wires and put them into the positive part for the 2 RFs and did the same w/ the negative.
Okay, I see.

Well, like it was said above, my guess would be that the Bose amp is not designed to run 2 subs, nor to run at the impedence load that yuo created. I would definately add the suggested amp.

Winkler22 Feb 19, 2003 01:50 PM

Yeah I'm tryin to get the money. I wanna keep it RF and not cross brands. So as I said before I'm gettin the RF Power 350s for $180. The 10s I have aren't the best but I got them b/c I couldn't pass up the deal. A friend wanted 12s so he sold them to me for $30 all together and I made my box.


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