Subwoofer Box Wiring Diagram

Our subwoofer wiring calculator allows you to figure out how to wire your dual 1 ohm dual 2 ohm and dual 4 ohm subwoofers in several different qualities.

Subwoofer box wiring diagram. Dual voice coil wiring options. The results will display the correct subwoofer wiring diagram and impedance load to help find a compatible amplifier. Select your woofer quantity and woofer impedance to see available wiring configurations. Well actually speakers are bridged at the amp not in the box.

Check the amplifier s owners manual for minimum impedance the amplifier will handle before hooking up the speakers. Yes some boxes were made to run 2 subwoofers in parallel for a 4 2 or 1 ohm load to the amp. How to bridge the amp is usually indicated at the amp s speaker wire terminals. If you are wanting to know how to wire your subs look no further than our wire diagram.

It sounds like you have one of those boxes. How to wire grounds and neutrals in sub panels all the neutrals and ground wire and terminal bars must be separated from each other and your sub feed should be a 4 wire cable that has a separated insulated neutral wire and a separate ground wire. This subwoofer wiring application includes diagrams for single voice coil svc and dual voice coil dvc speakers. Shop for speaker wire start building your bass system today.

All the wires depicted in the subwoofer wiring diagrams are speaker wires. For additional subwoofer wiring options please see our subwoofer wiring wizard. To calculate interior volume first convert all fractions to decimals 5 before entering the width height depth or diameter and thickness into any of our speaker box calculators below. Shop for car amplifiers wire.

The following diagrams are the most popular wiring configurations when using dual voice coil woofers. Determine what amplifier to use with your subwoofer system. So you ll just need to do the same with the ones you have or add a 2nd speaker terminal and wire the 2nd subwoofer to it separately. Grounds and neutrals in electrical panel.

For wiring subwoofers we recommend using wires of 12 to 16 gauge in size. Subwoofer wiring diagrams step 1 choose the of subwoofers you will wire in your system from one amplifier output step 2 specify 2 or 4 ohm single voice coil or 2 or 4 ohm dual voice coil subwoofer s the subwoofer wiring diagram tool will then display two wiring options with the final impedance at the amplifier. A svc speaker has one voice coil and one set of terminals one positive and one negative. 4 ohm mono is equivalent to 2 ohm.

A dvc speaker has two voice coils each with its own set of terminals.