need help with sub wiring

[Kenny Alex Alex 23]

How do i properly wire my 4 ohm subs to 1 ohm? when I've done it in the past with my audiobahn flame q's my fosgate hx2's and my cvr 12's you would always get that electrical burning smell and subs would get really really hot in the center of the top please help me cuz i really dnt want the same problem with my new soundquebd hds3 12's i bought a 1200.1 d class Zeus amp so i won't be over powering them cuz subs r 1200 rms so i want to wire them at 1ohm so i get the 1200watts and b slamming greatly appreciate all the input if u can please help me I've watched the how to videos on YouTube but still got that funky smell please help

[garychurch84 127]

http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.aspturn the gains back some Edited April 3, 2014 by garychurch84

[Kenny Alex Alex 23]

Won't allow me to click on the things on that site my subs r 4ohms and wanting 1 ohm load out of both

[Kenny Alex Alex 23]

I got the soundquebd hds312 12's 4ohm

[hdrox88 142]

Try the woofer wiring wizard on rockford website.

[Kenny Alex Alex 23]

K

[hdrox88 142]

Also, are you trying to get 1200w rms to each sub? I'm not sure, but after reading you post a couple times it almost seems that way.

[Kenny Alex Alex 23]

Yea 1200 to each cuz ther rated at 1200rms each and amp is 1200rms at 1ohm

[altoncustomtech 773]

The amp maybe 1200 @ 1 ohm but it cannot give BOTH subs 1200 watts each.  In any given circuit the power is distributed through all loads in the circuit and when the resistance of those loads is the same the power in the circuit will be divided evenly by the number of loads.  1200w / 2 = 600w per driver.  No amount of wiring changes can negate this.

[hdrox88 142]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but each sub will only get 600w with what you have. The amp power will be divided between the two subs.

Edit, Alton got it.

Edited April 3, 2014 by hdrox88

[Kenny Alex Alex 23]

Not by wiring them together and using the 1 channel

[altoncustomtech 773]

Yes, by wiring them together and using the one channel.  It's basic electrical knowledge taught in classes world wide.  I could link you 100 sites that have information on that very subject.  1200 watts would be applied to the circuit as a whole (i.e. both subs) but each one would only see half of it.

[hdrox88 142]

The amp puts out 1200w x 1 channel. It doesn't care how many subs are attached, so long as the load(ohm) isn't too low. The more subs you have, the more the power gets divided between them.

[Kenny Alex Alex 23]

Wow.....so i need like a 2400watt or 2200watt amp

[Kenny Alex Alex 23]

Or just buy another 1200watt amp and run both them damg that sucks!!!

[Kenny Alex Alex 23]

Well thank yall for setting me straight

[S.DeYoung 967]

Do you have one or two amps? You want to wire each subwoofer to one ohm or both together to one ohm?

[altoncustomtech 773]

Technically speaking yes, and yes it does.  Build the enclosure I posted up and try them out on the one amp for now, you never know they may very well surprise you.  

[hdrox88 142]

Yes sir, but it may already be loud enough for you on the amp you mentioned.

[altoncustomtech 773]

They're dual 4 ohm subs, no way to get a single sub to a 1 ohm load on the amp.

[hdrox88 142]

Wow I'm slacking, I was responding to the 2400w amp post and like three more pulled in before me. Lol

[Kenny Alex Alex 23]

K so wire them together at 1 ohm and use one channel or "bridge " the channels?

[THX_Elite 26]

Yes, by wiring them together and using the one channel.  It's basic electrical knowledge taught in classes world wide.  I could link you 100 sites that have information on that very subject.  1200 watts would be applied to the circuit as a whole (i.e. both subs) but each one would only see half of it.

that being well said, here is the most popular and easy to decipher sub woofer diagram link:

 

http://a248.e.akamai.net/pix.crutchfield.com/ca/learningcenter/car/subwoofer_wiring/2-DVC-4-ohm-mono-low-imp.jpg

[Kenny Alex Alex 23]

Well thank yall very much any good recommendations on a 2000watt amp that won't fry my subs like I've read so much about that dd amp

[THX_Elite 26]

K so wire them together at 1 ohm and use one channel or "bridge " the channels?

in your case you want the left speaker on the left positive and negative and the right speaker on the right positive and negative untill you get an amp with one set of terminals or actually most mono's are set up with 2+'s and 2-'s meaning they are internally bridged.

Edited April 4, 2014 by THX_Elite