sub amp box and wireing packages?

[Coonper]

Bit of advice mate...

If your gonna be running that amp at full whack then you need 4 gauge as a bare minimum! Otherwise the amp wil be starved of power as will the electrics on the car! The lights will start dimming, the tickover will be all over the place when the power is up and its just generally not good! lol

I have 4 gauge wiring, 1300rms, escort TD (massive battery and alternator) and my lights go very dim wen on full blast!

I'd recommend you get 2 gauge!

[Ashleyp]

all that for the little blaupunkt amp coonper?

[Coonper]

Originally Posted by AshleyPrigmore

all that for the little blaupunkt amp coonper?

My bad... Thought you were reffering to the JBL 1201.1! Lol

For a little component amp 10awg is fine

Couldnt be arsed to read through it all! You know how it is! Lol

[Ashleyp]

Originally Posted by Coonper

My bad... Thought you were reffering to the JBL 1201.1! Lol

For a little component amp 10awg is fine

Couldnt be arsed to read through it all! You know how it is! Lol

lol fair enough.. id still go with the 8AWG spl kit i reccomended haz.. and then you just have to buy speaker wire for 99p a meter..

[haz_pro]

got the pioneer in the end.

Is it true that you shouldnt use the sub very loud for like 10 hours to brake it in?

[Ashleyp]

not sure how long.. but think of it as like new trainers.. its hard to walk in them when theyre brand new

keep it at a low level.. get rid of the stiffness of the cone so it can handle the bass without damage

[Coonper]

I think its a bit of myth tbh, but i still do bed them in just in case its not! Lol

[haz_pro]

hello guys,

got the box off me mate for now.

I recieved the 4 guage wireing kit, how do i wire the sub for 2 ohms, i have a website i am going to use, what cable do i use, the speaker cable i assume?

[Coonper]

Im still not sure what exactly you have bought... Lol

[haz_pro]

o haha, i bought the pioneer 1000 rms sub, and it has dual voice coils, 4 connections.

2 positive, 2 negative.

Now i am gunna follow the second diagram on this website to give 2 ohms resistance "http://mobile.jlaudio.com/support_pages.php?page_id=161".

Now when i am wireing it, i assume i use the speaker wire i got in the wirering kit i bought "http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290152030297&ssPa geName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=019".

How ever obviously the speaker cable is 2 wires connected with plastic casings, do i split this into single wires so that i can wire the sub to the box?

i hope i am making sense???

[haz_pro]

no body?

[Ashleyp]

i kinda get what you mean

yes you would use 1 bit of speaker wire (split it as you suggested)

and then the wires from the box to the terminals

you shouldnt need any more then this

http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/rftec...1&woofer_imp=4

have a look at that

basically.. wire from speaker box goes to 1st red terminal.. and the other bit to second black terminal.. then connect the other two using a bit of speaker wire

[Ashleyp]

i kinda get what you mean

yes you would use 1 bit of speaker wire (split it as you suggested)

and then the wires from the box to the terminals

you shouldnt need any more then this

http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/rftec...1&woofer_imp=4

have a look at that

basically.. wire from speaker box goes to 1st red terminal.. and the other bit to second black terminal.. then connect the other two using a bit of speaker wire

[haz_pro]

thanks alot mate.

[Coonper]

If you have enough cable, you will be best to kind of ouble it up, if you get me!

So rather than splittig the 2 parts, leave the cable as it is, and twist both the ends together, to create double the thickness!

[haz_pro]

i have already done it, i will leave it for now as i am very tired haha,

i will do that at some point thought as doing it earlia i found very fiddly haha, dont think i joined the wireing to the box sockets properly either but hopefully it will be fine!

[haz_pro]

also will doubling the cable up do alot of good?

When i was wireing it up to connect the sub to the box there was connections like this |o|

with a hole in the middle, i tryed using this but found it a bit dodgy, in the end i used the nut to hold it down, is this okay?

[Ashleyp]

yeah doubling the wire up will help

and i dont get what you mean about the second bit?

[haz_pro]

ide draw a pic but i am tired haha, ill see how it runs and if it doesnts then ill post again with a detailed picture!

[Coonper]

Surely the box had screw in binding posts?? So you just poke the cable through the hole, then tighten it up!