wiring ohms

[B7L|BL4Z3R 4]

soo i have looked all over and i cant figure out how i should wire my sub to my amp.. i have a rockford fosgate t3001bd and a fi btl 18 fully loaded.... should i do it one ohm and how would i wire my sub and amps down to one ohm.. ohms are extremly confusing to me

edit- and my sub is dual 2 ohm

Edited November 3, 2008 by stuartgoodenough

[RobClay 20]

d2 or d1 btl?

[B7L|BL4Z3R 4]

i edited it i mean to put d2

[RobClay 20]

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Edited November 3, 2008 by RobClay

[B7L|BL4Z3R 4]

nvm i see whats differnt

Edited November 3, 2008 by stuartgoodenough

[chad y 1]

soo i have looked all over and i cant figure out how i should wire my sub to my amp.. i have a rockford fosgate t3001bd and a fi btl 18 fully loaded.... should i do it one ohm and how would i wire my sub and amps down to one ohm.. ohms are extremly confusing to me

edit- and my sub is dual 2 ohm

wire both positives to the positive on the amp, then both negitives to the negitive on your amp.

dual 2 ohm wired like this gives you 1 ohm load to your amp.

[RobClay 20]

woah woah. i messed up on that, dont pay any attention to the pictures above..

Edited November 3, 2008 by RobClay

[B7L|BL4Z3R 4]

would the first one be the best quality and how would i wire them to my amp like bridge it or no?

[RobClay 20]

wire it like this..

[B7L|BL4Z3R 4]

i dont understand what your saying chad can you try explaining it a little more

[Duran 387]

Look above, RobClay got you a picture of what chad was saying.

[RobClay 20]

Edited November 3, 2008 by RobClay

[B7L|BL4Z3R 4]

ok i see, i have seen people wire one side of the voice coil to one input on the amp and the other voice coil the the other input in the amp.. waht does that do

[Duran 387]

ok i see, i have seen people wire one side of the voice coil to one input on the amp and the other voice coil the the other input in the amp.. waht does that do

Don't do that unless you have a monoblock, or one that has 2 outputs but is internally bridged. DO NOT do that with a 2 channel, meaning don't have one channel running one voice coil and the other channel running the other voice coil.

[B7L|BL4Z3R 4]

ok i didnt plan on it jsut say it once and was wondering why it would be wired like that.. so waht input do i plug my subwoofer into on my amp. do i bridge it

Edited November 3, 2008 by stuartgoodenough

[chad y 1]

ok i see, i have seen people wire one side of the voice coil to one input on the amp and the other voice coil the the other input in the amp.. waht does that do

Ok so you have a RF 3000 amp and a BTL. yet you need to ask this question. before you hook up that expensive equipment I would highly recomend you research basic car audio 101.

I am not trying to be mean but you have high power,high dollar stuff that if done wrong could be very bad for you and your equipment.

just my opinion

[B7L|BL4Z3R 4]

i understand that, i know basic car audio things but i have never worked with an amp this expensive and i just wanna make sure i do everything right so i am double checking on here with the way i plan on doing things,

i had my sub wired right and i plan on plugging it into the first input on my amp is that right?

[95Honda 486]

Seriously, before you apply power to anything go to your local shop and have them look over your install. Your having a tough time with the real basics, do yourself a favor and have it checked out.

[B7L|BL4Z3R 4]

dont have a local shop

[95Honda 486]

Then drive to the closest one.....

[BKOLFO4 29]

Don't do that unless you have a monoblock, or one that has 2 outputs but is internally bridged. DO NOT do that with a 2 channel, meaning don't have one channel running one voice coil and the other channel running the other voice coil.

Why not??? Will not hurt anything. . .People do it all the time. . .

Please don't think that both voice coils have to get the exact same signal or it will damage them. . .

[RobClay 20]

lol dont take it up to an audio shop.. theyll try to change it and all this. i wouldnt listen to most of them

[ABXX49 20]

lol dont take it up to an audio shop.. theyll try to change it and all this. i wouldnt listen to most of them

Eh, depends. There is an audio shop about 45 minutes away from my house and I would trust the owner to do about anything to my car. Very knowledgeable individual. (Note: A couple of the installers may have ingested lead paint at sometime, hence I always talk to AJ about my stuff.)

[RobClay 20]

ye just talk to trusted ones you know pretty good. i have one down here i can trust but tha rest just feed you bs

[crf450r4u2nv 0]

where do you live ?

if you post the town and state you live in you might find that someone lives close enough to help you check it before powering it up.

I am in enfield ct.

if your close i have meters and o-scope as do many on here, and could even help you set your gains safe.

it might be worth a try.

like already said that is some realy nice gear you have, don't burn it up.

good luck either way. and get some earplugs :-}