Boss Dual Coil Subwoofer Wiring Diagram

To make matters worse if you don t know how to properly choose or wire a dual voice coil speaker you can get less sound power than you expect.

Boss dual coil subwoofer wiring diagram. A dual voice coil subwoofer or dvc sub has four wiring terminal posts two positve terminals and two negative terminals. Fear not though for we have compiled wiring diagrams of several configurations for dual voice coil dvc drivers. User manuals for boss audio products. The following diagrams are the most popular wiring configurations when using dual voice coil woofers.

Dual voice coil wiring options. Impedance is the amount of electrical resistance or load a sub puts up against an amplifier s. A dvc speaker has two voice coils each with its own set of terminals. So the sub will either be.

To help you figure it all out i ve put together this friendly how to guide with detailed diagrams answers to several common questions and more. The location of positive and negative speaker terminals have been reversed in one or more diagrams for easier readability. They show a typical single channel wiring scheme. Monoblock single channel amplifier 2 channel amplifier or even a 4.

If it says dual 2 ohm voice coil you would select 2 ohm from the list even if you are using multiple woofers. A svc speaker has one voice coil and one set of terminals one positive and one negative. Two 2 ohm dual voice coil dvc speakers wiring diagrams. Select your woofer quantity and woofer impedance to see available wiring configurations.

This subwoofer wiring application includes diagrams for single voice coil svc and dual voice coil dvc speakers. With multi driver sub systems which often feature dual voice coils dvc on each driver the level of wiring complexity can be enough to turn off even the most adventurous of car audio do it yourselfers. The results will display the correct subwoofer wiring diagram and impedance load to help find a compatible amplifier. Remember each of your woofers impedance need to be the same.

In this example each voice coil is rated at 4 ohms each. Dual voice speakers which are usually subwoofers can be confusing that s for sure. In this video i show you how to a dual voice coil sub woofer. 4 ohm mono is equivalent to 2 ohm.

Your ad blocker is preventing this page from displaying correctly. I show you how to wire for a 2 ohm or 8 ohm load. Determine what amplifier to use with your subwoofer system. The extra terminals give you more options for wiring the speaker.

Check the amplifier s owners manual for minimum impedance the amplifier will handle before hooking up the speakers.