I just purchased two pioneer subs, however i don't know how to wire dual voice coil subs. Can someone help me? I'm assuming each voice coil is 4 ohms and i want to wire it in parrallel. is there a way to get 8 ohms out of each sub so that when i wire it in parrallel it is 4ohms?

 

http://www.justwoofers.com/Tech/Wiring/Main.htm

 

thanx a lot!!

 

no problem

 

series - parallel.

 

in the diagram im looking at the one with one sub and one amp. does it matter if both the power wire and negative wire goes to the amp on the same side. hard to explain. in the picture the positive wire is on the right side and goes to the amp while the negative is on the left side going to the amp. does it matter if both positive and negative is on the same side or do i have to rewire?????

 

Yes it matters. It's the difference between series and parallel wireing. Check the Faq's for more info on series and parallel wiring and computing nominal resistance.

 

http://www.soundillusions.net/module...howpage&pid=55

 

http://www.jlaudio.com/tutorials/wiring/index.html

i have the w6 and i was told to wire it like 1 DVC driver with Voice Coils in Parallel
i hope this is correct.

 

The JL Audio site has lots of useful info. What type of amp are you using? Make sure the amp is stable at the ohm load you are going to setup. If you hookup 2 subs, each with 2 voice coils, you are going to end up with 1 ohm. That is going to put a lot of pressure on the amp and it will run really hot. Make sure it can handle it.