hey how is evey one doing i have a 1996 Honda Accord LX 2 Door and i have 2 12in audiobahn dual voice coil in a bandpass box and then i have a crunch drive series amp 800 watts 2 channle. some people tell me to brige it and then some say not to, i've hooked it up a couple of ways and it beats really hard for about 5 10 min then my amp over heats. the easiest way to help would be to explain what to do with neg wires out of both voice coils on each sub and pos out of each sub. then where to put them on the amp.

 

If you wire the vc's in parallel, you cut the resistance in half, probably to 2 ohms. You have a cheap amp that can't handle it. There are two ways to work around this. Run one channel to each coil, or get a better amp.

 

....ouch... true though

 

what are the ohms on the speakers and the ohms on the amp?

 

Basically, you want to get the most power out of your amp, the problem is you have 2 DVC subs...

DVC subs are good because of their multiple wiring configs. Basically every time you cut the resistance in half you almost double the power output from your amp at the expense of heat and longivity.



That wiring diagram will yeild you a 1 ohm load. DO NOT EVEN TRY TO WIRE IT TO YOUR AMP THIS WAY. You will melt your amp to crap. What you need now is a 1 ohm stable mono block amp. That will give you the most power possible.

Now as far as something you can try, heres a diagram that will give you a 4 OHM load to your amp, if you connect the pos and neg wires to the bridged terminals of your amp, it should work...but most likely it'll overheat and shut off as well. The best setup for this would be to use a mono block amp like the bd500.1 from fosgate (about $250 USD)...



Hope this helps, use this knowledge with caution...and make sure to stop doing whatever your doing if things start to heat up quick etc...

-Rage

 

hey thanks man that really helps out alot and the diagrams did to thanks