How to wire in parallel

KingofChaos · Post by **KingofChaos** » Sun May 13, 2007 5:08 pm

Well I know the theories behind it all, but I'm not quite sure how to actual run the wire. If i were wiring subwoofers together, would I put wire into the terminals, then solder them all together, and later connect them to the amp? Basically I've looked at diagrams, and I'm preparing to do my first install, and I want to know exactly what I'm doing before I go forward. Any help would be appreciated. I've looked through the FAQ, and the show off your install sections, but I couldnt find exactly what I needed. Maybe its super obvious, and I'm a big idiot.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Sun May 13, 2007 5:44 pm

You can wire it at the subs or run separate wires off all the subs. Same difference.

KingofChaos · Post by **KingofChaos** » Sun May 13, 2007 5:47 pm

Do you mean run a seperate line from each terminal into the corresponding terminal on the amp? Because I thought the wires(in parallel) had to physically connect so their was a single current flow.

High Society · Post by **High Society** » Sun May 13, 2007 8:24 pm

Here use this and see if this might help. Sometimes it's easy for someone to learn from a pic then in writing...

http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/rftech/woofer_wizard.asp

High Society · Post by **High Society** » Sun May 13, 2007 8:27 pm

When you wire a sub, make sure you do it so that you may have the correct ohm load, that your amplifier is stable at.

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:14 am

High Society wrote:Here use this and see if this might help. Sometimes it's easy for someone to learn from a pic then in writing...
http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/rftech/woofer_wizard.asp

In the above wizard you will have to input the amount of subs, then the ohms of the voice coils (Dual 4ohm voice coils=2x4), then it will show you the wiring configurations... the top configuration for 1ohm (4ohm DVC/ 2subs example) is how they will run in parallel