Well i searched and didn't come up with much. Here's the dilemma. I got one bridged MTX 282 pushing one 4-ohm Alpine Type R 12.

It's wired as followed:

(AMP Channel 1 '+')--------------> (Teminal '+') ----------->(Voice Coil 1 '+')--------->(Voice Coil 2 '+')

(AMP Channel 2 '-')----------------> (Teminal '-') ----------->(Voice Coil 1 '-')--------->(Voice Coil 2 '-')


I hope that made sense. It's kinda hard the explain in words. Anyways... the 282 keeps shutting off (LED turns off...no power to sub) after awhile it turns back on. I mounted the amp onto two strips of wood, to raise the bottem off of the trunk floor to better air circulation around it. It didn't make too much of a difference. Any suggestions guys? Is it wired correctly?

Thanks!!

 

That looks like a 2 OHM load, if you have a DVC 4OHM sub and you wire the voice coils in parallel you will have a 2OHM load,and most 2CH amps are not stable at 2OHMs [they get very hot and the amps thermal protection will shut amp down] if your sub is SVC 4OHM then the problem may be not enough power. Check all connections, solder all terminals, use min. 8ga power wire, use ANL fuse and holder within 18" of batt.,ground amp to main frame of car.[as close to amp as you can,use seat bolts,seatbelt bolts ] add min. 8ga ground to batt. hope this helps 94

 

I would use the biggest ground and power you can. 8ga will not be thick enough!

 

Its a 4Ohm DVC sub....how am I supposed to wire it up?

 

http://www.lightningaudio.com/latech/wiringwizard

great site.

 

Your amp is only stable to 4ohms bridged, you are currently running it at 2ohms and it is going into protection mode.

You need to either run it in stereo(each channel to one voice coil), or keep it bridged and wire the coils in series.

Either way you will end up with about the same amount of power.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by silver99 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I would use the biggest ground and power you can. 8ga will not be thick enough!</TD></TR></TABLE> Read my post, I said MIN. 8ga wire , and 8ga will work depending on watts and how far amp is from batt. and if useing cap or not. take my word for it been doing car audio for 30 years 94

 

Stupid question....how would I run the coils in series?

 

http://www.lightningaudio.com/...e.y=3

from the link above - wire it according to the second image - that will make your amp happy...

and that amp is tiny, 8 ga is plenty...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rcurley55 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">http://www.lightningaudio.com/...e.y=3

from the link above - wire it according to the second image - that will make your amp happy...

and that amp is tiny, 8 ga is plenty...</TD></TR></TABLE>