OK I have this amp
Power acoustik
and this subwoofer
Alpine Type R
I need to know exactly how to wire this thing up to my amp, That means connecting the wires to the terminals on the sub I believe there is 4 btw im not sure. I need to know what terminal connects to which on the sub, and which terminals connect to the amplifer. If that makes any sense I know your supposed to wire 2 terminals together and 2 to the amp if I am correct. Now going from the box to the amp is the easy part, it tells me right on the amp how to bridge it lol.
I need to know so I dont screw it up I paid a lot of money for my system to just screw it up. And I would have best buy install it but they said taht they wouldnt because I already have started installing it. ( im really just upgrading everything, I had a alpine amp with a type e)
anyways all the help I can get would be great;
oh yeah I have looked at alpine.com for info and rockford fosgates wiring wizard and taht didnt help either
hmmmm.... I am confused, and the Blonde genius that is me,
does not easily get confused
I would have suggested a dual 2 ohm sub so you could have run it 4 ohm mono, but what you can do in this situation is run each voice coil to a channel of the amp.
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ok I could do that. But when the amp says its 560 watts X1 is that 4ohms or 2 ohms?
hmmmm.... I am confused, and the Blonde genius that is me,
does not easily get confused
That's 4 ohm.
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so if my sub is 4 ohms then I can bridge it to 4ohms right? also if I go the route that you told me to go. My box only has 2 terminals on it not 4 so I have to make another set of terminals right?
hmmmm.... I am confused, and the Blonde genius that is me,
does not easily get confused
If you run each voice coil to it's own channel, yes, it will be at 4 ohms. It looks like Best Buy doesn't carry a dual 2 ohm version of that sub, so that's gonna be about your only option as far as wiring. And yes, you will need to put another terminal cup on the box.
-Chris
You could drill a small hole and run a wire from one of the voice coils out, then silicone the hole up. It'll save from having to buy a terminal cup. Your other option is to run your sub in series, but that'll only give you 8 ohms, and it won't hit nearly as hard. If you have any more questions, hit me up on aim, i'll be on till 4ish.
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thanks
hmmmm.... I am confused, and the Blonde genius that is me,
does not easily get confused
