Originally Posted by Aeleven

I have 1 DVC 2 ohm Orion Subwoofer connected in paralle, connected to a bridged Kenwood Mono 1 ohm Stable amp. I hits hard but after 2 min's the amp cuts out, what have i done wrong????
Possible Problems are as Follows:
the Speaker wires are 12 G?
I do not have a Cap installed?
OEM battery?

Originally Posted by 350zspl

you ran this sub with this amp this way before

or 1st time wiring up this way

Originally Posted by Aeleven

Yes the other amp was wired this way, the Previous kenwood amp was heating up , cause it wasnt mono stable.
Before the DVC speaker i had 1 4ohm 10" connected bridged to a Previous kenwood amp .

Originally Posted by Aeleven

yes that is correct. when i went to a 2ohm DVC the amp would heat up. Now that i have a Mono Stable amp it cuts out after a little bit.

Originally Posted by 350zspl

your kenwood mono amp is one channel
and it should have 2 speaker leads off the amp

you box has 1 single 12" dvc 2 ohm sub

your box should have 1 speaker wire terminal

you should soder 2 negative leeds from the negative speaker terminal inside the box

you should soder 2 positive leads from the positive speaker terminal inside the box


using 1 set off speaker leads from amp they should hook up to the one speaker wire terminal on box on the outside input


inside the box hook both negative leads one negative lead from speaker terminal in box to each negative lead on each voice coil on sub negative post

and inside box hook up from the positive speaker box terminal lead one wire to each positive terminal on sub


this should bring you to one ohm

Originally Posted by Aeleven

Im almost positive that I configured that way i'll double check.

Originally Posted by 350zspl

you keep saying your amp is mono stable

i think your amp is 4 ohm and 2 ohm stable my GUESS is it is not 1 ohm stable

Originally Posted by 350zspl

you keep saying your amp is mono stable

i think your amp is 4 ohm and 2 ohm stable my GUESS is it is not 1 ohm stable

Originally Posted by Aeleven

This is my AMP.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1166840602693

This is my Woofer.
http://www.orioncaraudio.com/Product...?ProductID=516

Originally Posted by 350zspl

well right there it says on amp specs

4 ohm and 2 ohm stable

does not list 1 ohm cause it aint stable at that load

so hook up amp to box like i said


now inside box you have 2 neg and 2 pos leads off of speaker box terminal


cut 1/2" off 1 neg lead and 1/2" off one pos lead so no copper is exposed wrap these cut ends seperately with electric tape than together with electric tape



no take your existing leads inside box 1 each neg and 1 each pos



hook up the neg lead to one voice coil neg post on sub

hook up the pos lead to the one OPPOSITE voice coil pos post on sub


now take a 6" to 10" piece of speaker wire of the same guage as the speaker wire inside box which should be 10 or 8 guage and run a jumper from the pos and neg posts that are left and should be on opposite voice coils


this should bring you to 2 ohms the lowest load that your set up can do


peace

Originally Posted by THEDUKE

That amplifier is not 1 Ohm stable, that is your porblem.

Originally Posted by Fluid1

I would agree here. Could also be that your amp sucks, your sub certainly does. No offense

Originally Posted by Aeleven

1 Ohm Stable =Yes

Originally Posted by THEDUKE

You cannot achieve a 2Ohm load using a DVC 2Ohm woofer. You only can get 4Ohm if wired in series and 1 Ohm if wired in paralel. You have the wrong woofer/amp combination