How do I Wire Two Subs in a Box with Separate Chambers? | Car Audio Q&A
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- Опубліковано 6 кві 2015
- Watch as Allyn shows the different methods of wiring two subwoofers in a box with separate chambers.
"How do I wire two subwoofers in a enclosure with separate chambers?"
The methods include:
1) running the wires directly to the amplifier from the terminals
2) wiring the subwoofers together at the terminals
3) wiring the subwoofers together inside the subwoofer enclosure.
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how do I wire on the outside of box
I think you just join the positive to positive and negative with negative and run it the the amp
So would wiring them outside the box still create the same effect?
Thanks 🙏
Your content looks very helpful my friend.
I usually split the wires and drill a hole for each wire making it tight as possible, then caulk or 5 minute epoxy both sides of each wire. Also put caulk/epoxy on the wire once it's close and finish pulling it through so there's some inside as well as outside. Leaving it totally undisturbed till cured.
How do you feel about epiceners, do you recommend them. What are the pros and cons and what are the best epicenters out there.
I appreciate this video, as I have blown 3 subs, that were wired in series to another sub. I only lose the extra sub, not the primary.
I recently pulled my subs out and had a melted cup. Went through my wires checking everything thinking I did something wrong. Going to take your advice
I have a 2014 f150 with a factory subwoofer, and the amplifier is not with the subwoofer. Can i take this subwoofer out and tap into the wires for the rca outs if these are the wires from the amplifier?
Silicone does work very well, it's nearly impossible to pull the wire out if you do it right. I also like the way it smells, kinda weird....
My vehicle is a 1987 Chevy Silverado. It currently has a factory single-din. What would be the best aftermarket single-din for my vehicle if I bought through Sonic Electronix. Video or Reply would be awesome. Thanks
does it sound better when theirs a divider or witout the divider, just wondering why they put it in
Hey great video but by twisting the wire with that disturb the power going through that wire?
What do you think will be better 4 jl tw3 or 2 jl tw5???
My preference is to use two separate terminal cups. One for each speaker or maybe even one for each voice coil equaling 4 on dual voice coil speakers. This way you can change your wiring any time you like without removing the speakers from the box. You never know if your going to get a different amp or want to add more speakers requiring a different configuration. Thanks for the vids Sonic Electronics. Keep em going..
I can't find a video for that.
Yeah but don't you have to run 2 sets of rca cables then? And have a 2 channel amp??
Also can't change your ohm?
i was wondering that too
Would knotting the speaker wire like that and not cause any kind of restrictions to signal transfer?
What kind of amplifier should I get if I want to connect two speakers and a sub up to it? The speakers are 4 ohm each and have 40W RMS. The sub is a DVC with 4 ohm on each voice coil and 600W RMS.
Use a bolt.... Connect wire terminals to each side and crimp the wires to the terminals... Boom no leaks and no silicon and no rattle but if u wanna use silicon it works just as well depends how u wanna see it looking inside
hi
i have a problem and i need someone to help me!!!
i have a woofer box with 2 50 watt speakers with 6-8 ohms impedance each will this work if i connect it to a 75 watt amp with an unknown impedance
what impedance will it have to be for it to work?
also is there a device i can put somewhere in the circuit to change the impedance to match?
cheers toby
How should you wire two subs in separate boxes in two separate locations? For example driver and passenger sides of a boat.
So I have a question, I just 2 12 inch alpine type s subs and have them wired in parallel, down to 2 ohms and I was wondering what amp would power them best to there full potential
Alpine MRX 110 monoblock
same question but i have a vented box and 2 kicker l7 12's how would i go about wiring them to a mono amp kicker zx1500.1
NICK LOPEZ wire to the out side terminals of your box
Hey what 15" sub has really good sound quality and runs around 1000 watts RMS? Love the vids by the way, keep them coming!
SSA XCON 15"
how would i wire 2 12s in parallel in a box like that
I hope you can help me. Im going from a speaker box with 2 terminals to a box with 1 terminal. Can i fuse the speaker wires together from each side + to + and - to - and plug em into the single terminal on my new box? Please help
Sure..that is a parallel wiring setup internally dividing whatever your subs voice coil ohms into half
what's up with all the distortion? shouldn't sub's have a nice clean punch to them?
hey allyn,
can you help me out.
i have 2 subboxes with both a single 4ohm coil.
i want to wire them in parrallel for a final 2ohm load to my monoblock.
can i just take the both + wires from the subboxes and wire them together to go in to the amp
same for the - wires from the subboxes to the amp.
wil this work for a final 2 ohm load.
thanks alot.
When you put 2 4ohm speakers together you get 2ohm as long as the speakers are together, no special wiring is needed... meaning you put both negatives together and both positive together. going into the amp. There are a few ways of doing this. depending on the gauge wire you use. If its not a thick gauge you can just join them at the amp. If you use thick gauge like 8 gauge or 4 gauge then you use a distribution block to connect them then you run a single wire for both positive and negative to the amp. i hope this helps.
Grimey 1991 do I have to use a distrubtion block I’m using 8 gauge but if I conjoined them it would still fit into the amp
If all the power has to pass through 1 subwoofer first before it goes to the other id think thats gonna make a resistance issue for one sub, the sub closest to the amp or 1st in line takes the brunt of the bass hit and the 2nd sub will get the residual. Is that not how it works? My recommendation is to have separate terminals and join the wires at the amp and run equal lengths of wire to each terminal. Doesnt that make more sense??
Obviously depending on how u need to wire your coils and how many channels your amp is but i think each sub needs a direct line to the amp.
I can't stand terminal cups as they don't accept larger gauge speaker wire, anything large in power needs some nice 8 awg wire. I prefer the drilling method.
Yep I never use a terminal cup seen a few of those even catch on fire
I've never seen that happen, never heard of it either
Nah...not catch on fire..
I had one burn up didnt burn outrageously or out of control raging but it does look like a short or something. The banana clip was singed bad and the connector was crispy black.
THATS BECAUSE PEOPLE DO NOT USE RING TERMINALS TO BOLT DIRECLTY TO INSIDE OF TERMINAL CUP NUT. THEY USE FEMALE SPADE CONNECTORS TO SLIP OVER THAT GARBAGE TINFOIL SPADE TERMINAL CUPS COME WITH. Pro tip: remove spade, crimp ring terminal on speaker wire, reattach nut that was holding the spade on but now its holding speaker wire on.
I can't find anything on how to do this to a triple 12 box with separate chambers.
Hey guys I was just wondering if you had any tips on tuning my Hifonics Brutus BRX2000.1D? I have 2 10" SKAR Audio DDX-10 D2 subwoofers to go with it. I'm just not sure where to set my level, phase,bass eq, sub sonic, and low pass knobs to get the best sound out of my subwoofers? Please help
i just used multiple terminals
So you didn’t show how to wire out of the box...
hi
Terminal cups are terrible once you get into big boy woofers and power
Lmao I can’t believe I’m 16 and just got started and I drilled it
how to use both cups with a 2-ohm amp, 2 2-ohm dvc subs? Q-Bomb box. 2-ohm impedance.
Running voice coils in series adds their resistences. Running them in parallel divides the ohm rating by the number of parallel connections. So your goal is to wire your subs in series, parallel, or series parallel (because you have 4 voice coils, 2 on each sub, you can run each sub's voice coils in series and then connect the subs together in parallel if you want). Anyway, you probably need to get a cheap multimeter and use the ohm setting to test your configuration. Wire the speakers and then connect the tester to the wires that you intend to connect to the amp. You're shooting for 2 ohms at the amp.
I can help you with the math, but the only thing I'm not sure about is whether a company labels a sub as 2 ohms if it has 2 ohm on each voice coil or through both. I assume it's each coil because otherwise you have to decide if you're going to wire it in series or parallel just to calculate the ohms.
If each voice coil is 2 ohms and you want to use 2 wiring cups, wire each speaker to its own cup with the voice coils on each speaker wired in series (+ cup to + coil #1, - coil #1 to + coil #2, - coil #2 to - cup). This will get you 4 ohms at the cup. Do this on both sides. This gives you 2 cups with 4 ohms each.
The rest depends a bit on the amp you're using, but I'll assume it's a single channel with a single + and a single - terminal (Some amps, even mono block single channel amps, can have multiple speaker lugs). Now wire the cups together in parallel (+ cup #1 to + cup #2 and - cup #1 to - cup #2) with a common lead for your combined positive and another common lead for your combined negative to go to the amp. Wiring both 4 ohm cups in parallel will drop the ohms down to 2 ohms at the amp.
AGAIN, PLEASE CHECK THE CONFIGURATION WITH A MULTIMETER BEFORE CONNECTING IT TO THE AMP!
is there any problem for the sound clarity? ,I mean the dividing of sound in to two woofers...
Where abaut the smd steve terminals cooper are god or not they used PVC material
ok so u didnt even explain how to wire it to the amp after this process is done
Um really?.. He doesn't need to explain that part.
@@dabeatboxer83 u 4 years late
Hi Im Tony I have a 1997 jeep Cherokee where do I ground an amp thanks
you ground it to a sanded part of your frame with self tapping screws OR where your seat bolts to your frame but sand it first
Drill a hole that simple lol
Doood come on most pre-built separate chamber boxes you can't take out the mid section 😐
Really you think he doesn’t know that? He’s showing you on the mid section as if it were still in the box
I use a pair of bolts rather than a terminal cup
i use the terminal with the bolts.. or i just run the wire through and silicone it.
No need to seal the divider in a sealed box. One subwoofer can't "see" the other.
Terminal cups are for suckers