Power_Man Posted November 4, 2014 Report Posted November 4, 2014 I have two RF T2D212's wired to one RF T2500 Amp. I have never wired DVC subs before, and went by RF APP on the phone. So the first picture is how they are wired. Second picture shows i only have the two wires(8ga) running into my amp for the two subs. Just seems like alot of power having to travel those two wires for two subs?
SkarredSierra Posted November 4, 2014 Report Posted November 4, 2014 look in your amp manual or on the rf online site. that monoblock should be wired parallel inside the amplifier itself. so if you wire one sub in parallel to each of channel a and b they will be paralleled at the inputs making the amp have a final 2 ohm impedence without running everything on just 2 wires.
Aj11 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Posted November 4, 2014 you have them wired at 2ohm correct? and just as long at your wires aren't 10ft long you have nothing to worry about. yes the g does matter, but in this case the length is more important. most of us use 8g and some use 12g. Allot of guys here are running 3 or 4x the power you are with 8g. i just hope your not running at 8ohm. cuz you'll loose allot of power. jvc deck stinger 1800 front hc 2000 kinetic rear 2 runs of 1/0g big 3/4 ct 60.4 2 ct 1400.1 ct EXO 15 d1 lots of deadner type r comps front stage 6 kicker tweets rear stage lots of great stuff coming soon ho alt more bats ct comps for front stage more deadner sweet amp rack lots of L.E.D lights new deck (thinking 80 prs, or flip out)
Power_Man Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Posted November 4, 2014 look in your amp manual or on the rf online site. that monoblock should be wired parallel inside the amplifier itself. so if you wire one sub in parallel to each of channel a and b they will be paralleled at the inputs making the amp have a final 2 ohm impedence without running everything on just 2 wires. Ive tried the amps manual, its about 10 pages of english and not very useful for running more than one sub it seemed. you have them wired at 2ohm correct? and just as long at your wires aren't 10ft long you have nothing to worry about. yes the g does matter, but in this case the length is more important. most of us use 8g and some use 12g. Allot of guys here are running 3 or 4x the power you are with 8g. i just hope your not running at 8ohm. cuz you'll loose allot of power. It is the 2ohm configuration that they are wired. speaker wires are 3ft long maybe.
Aj11 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Posted November 4, 2014 if your wired like the 2ohm, using decent 8g and only 3ft your fine man. hell if you ran 12g you couldn't tell the difference. your good man. just make sure your subs are moving in the same direction and not getting hot. jvc deck stinger 1800 front hc 2000 kinetic rear 2 runs of 1/0g big 3/4 ct 60.4 2 ct 1400.1 ct EXO 15 d1 lots of deadner type r comps front stage 6 kicker tweets rear stage lots of great stuff coming soon ho alt more bats ct comps for front stage more deadner sweet amp rack lots of L.E.D lights new deck (thinking 80 prs, or flip out)
Power_Man Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Posted November 4, 2014 if your wired like the 2ohm, using decent 8g and only 3ft your fine man. hell if you ran 12g you couldn't tell the difference. your good man. just make sure your subs are moving in the same direction and not getting hot. Good to know, thank you.
Aj11 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Posted November 4, 2014 no problem Man. there's a reason most subs take 8g. a few take 4g (like mine) but i don't know any amps off hand that do. I'm.sure there are some but idk. if your amp takes 8g and your sub takes 8...your using 8g your doing something right. also helpful tip. using extra long speaker wire can raise your ohm load. say you have a dual 2ohm sub and your amp can't handle 1ohm but you don't want to run at 4ohm. making the wires longer and longer can make a 1ohm load a 2ohm load. simple as that jvc deck stinger 1800 front hc 2000 kinetic rear 2 runs of 1/0g big 3/4 ct 60.4 2 ct 1400.1 ct EXO 15 d1 lots of deadner type r comps front stage 6 kicker tweets rear stage lots of great stuff coming soon ho alt more bats ct comps for front stage more deadner sweet amp rack lots of L.E.D lights new deck (thinking 80 prs, or flip out)
Power_Man Posted November 5, 2014 Author Report Posted November 5, 2014 no problem Man. there's a reason most subs take 8g. a few take 4g (like mine) but i don't know any amps off hand that do. I'm.sure there are some but idk. if your amp takes 8g and your sub takes 8...your using 8g your doing something right. also helpful tip. using extra long speaker wire can raise your ohm load. say you have a dual 2ohm sub and your amp can't handle 1ohm but you don't want to run at 4ohm. making the wires longer and longer can make a 1ohm load a 2ohm load. simple as that Also good to know! Ill keep that in mind.
FryDaddy Posted November 7, 2014 Report Posted November 7, 2014 I have a question similar to Power Man. I'm running one sundown X-12 (dvc 2 ohm) and a sundown scv-1500 monoblock amp. I've never hooked up a mono block before & was concerned. But if I want the amp to pull 1 ohm load, should I (1) wire both coils of the sub to 1 ohm first and have two wires connecting on amp (or would amp make sub pull .5 ohm). (2) wire each coil to separate input of amp (having four wires on amp) Thanks
rockFord_Expedition Posted November 7, 2014 Report Posted November 7, 2014 Are you chasing numbers? You wont hear the difference. Theres a reason that the amp has 8ga outputs and not 4 or 0. You will be fine. Old School/New School RF Build March 2015 SOTM Winner How to crimp large wire
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