Hello folks. I have an Audiobahn AW1206t 12 Sub and a Rockford 501s Amp. I tried hooking up my sub in parallel but it didn't work out so well. Whenever both Voice Coils are connected, I get no sound. If I just hook up one, it sounds fine. However I have been told that you run the first set of wires to the next voice coil and then run that set of wires straight to the amp. Instead I just took both sets of wires and connected them straight to the amp. Is this the cause of me having no audio at all when they are both hooked up? I have an example that I through together below.

 

series wiring


parallel wiring

 

bridge the two channels, into just 1...or use one seperate channel..not part of each channel (dont use negative from one channel and positive from the other) and then use the diagram like ascendant max has...hes a cool guy you know

 

heh thanks

your amp isn't stable down to 2 ohms bridged. you can still do it, but the amp will quickly overheat, and it may die prematurely. you can either wire it into a series for an 8 ohm load, or run each channel to each coil. but if you opt to do this, i'd suggest getting a rca splitter, and run one "R" to two "R"s (or two L's if you wish). this way, the coils would see the same signal.

 

Thanks guys. I've seen that diagram a hundred times. I completely understand how Ohms work and everything. I just can't figure out why the amp keep cutting off. Even if I wire each coil to each channel it still cuts out.

 

did you ground everything properly?..maybe its some kind of intervention in the signal?...if you're really not sure...get one of your friends to let you test their sub..if it does the same thing with their..its probably the amp or something...if it works with their sub then yours is defective and needs to be returned...hope that helps.

 

Amp maybe shot, check all power wire connectivity, especially ground, if all is secure I would say the amp needs repair. Also try turning the gain all the way down to see if that stops the cutting out.

 

I really don't have any extra subs handy to test on. It's not like the amp is cuttin out because the lights are dimming slightly as if the amp is putting out the power. I'll give you an example. If you wire one speaker up to an amplifier and let the speaker wires touch each other, the sound will cut out. Right? well whenever I touch the other voice coil wires to the ones that are already hooked up, the sound cuts out. My original questions is: In the diagram I have my amp and subs hooked up like figure1(on my paint pic) but will hooking them up like figure2 make a difference?

 

Test each coil out individually, sounds like one side might be burnt.

 

I tried that. I can hook up one side and it will work. when i hook up the other side it stops working. I'm at a lost. Are the coils preconnected in any way?

 

1. get out multimeter.
set to read resistance.
clip onto leads of voice coil.
push/pull cone through entire range of motion, watching multimeter the whole time. see if it ever goes to dead short.
repeat for other voice coil.

2. wire one coil to one stereo channel on amp.
test.
disconnect first coil and connect second to same channel.
test.
do same for other channel on amp.

Also... just checked rockford's website... you're trying to run a 2 ohm mono load on an amp that's only rated to 4 ohm mono. that's too much load on it and you're going to cook the amp..
http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/scrip...ted=1083265780

you need to wire it either in 4 ohm stereo, or run the subs in series for an 8 ohm mono load.

 

I must have connected one set of wires backwards on one of the voice coils because I tried wiring them switched(positive to negative) on the amp and it worked. I really didn't feel like unmounting the sub from the box so this will have to do for now. This is my first "brand new" sub. What should I know about breaking it in. It was very quiet this evening but got much louder after a couple hours of play.

 

You dumba$$!! J/K everybody has done that once, but your not supposed to admit it. Break it in at no more than 60% volume for the first 15 hours of use, and it will be great for a long time.

 

Cool thanks for the tip. Being that I'm only running 250rms to it ...the whole 60% thing shouldn't matter right? I really want to run that amp at 1ohm again. It sounded so good. I just don't want to kill it. It never cut off though. I wonder why.

 

you wired it right. lol..just playin.