ok so i have a jl 500/1 amp and 2 Rockford Fosgate 10" HX2's laying around. I'm not an expert or anything, but i know that the jl puts out 500watts.

the subs are DVC, 500rms and 1000max.

i am planing to only use 1 of my subs since its a better match. my question is, how should i wire the subs? i never understood how to change impedance of subs and that sort of stuff. will 1 of these HX2's work good with my 500/1?

or should i look for another amp/sub combo? i'd really like to keep the amp/subs i have now because i dont have any money...so any suggestions on wiring would be great! thanks in advance

EDIT: any diagrams or pictures of wiring would be great also!


Modified by nocturnal EG at 10:31 PM 8/16/2006

 

Is the subwoofer a dvc4 or dvc2? The JL 500/1 puts out 500watts rms x 1 @ 1.5-4.0ohms. So you would want to wire the subwoofer into either 2 or 4ohms, depending what your subwoofer specs are.

 

how do i know if its a dvc4 or dvc2?

it has + and - connectors on each side of the sub. i dunno if that helps?


EDIT: the subs are 4ohms x 2. (thats what it says in the manual)

 

look if it says 4 ohm or 2 ohm

 

i believe it is a dvc 4 ohm speaker

 

wire the sub voice coil like this. Positive to positive and the negitive to negitive. This is call parallel- and will give you a 2 ohm load. here a diagram

http://www.rockfordfosgate.com...s+x+2

You should be on your way now

 

cool thanks bro

now can you explain to me what parallel and series means? you said parallel is +and+, -and-...so how would wiring subs in a series be like?

 

amp + to spk1 +

sp1 - to spk 2 +

spk2 - to amp -

 

http://www.bcae1.com/srsparll.htm

 

that site isnt really all that accurate,

Total resistance of parallel resistors = resistance of a single component/number of resistors
Total resistance of parallel resistors = 1000/2
Total resistance of parallel resistors = 500 ohms

that is totally wrong here is a better site for ur understanding

http://www.termpro.com/articles/spkrz.html

 

thanks for all the input! links helped a lot!