Hey all- I have recently acquired a Rockford Fosgate RFP-1210 and since it is a dual voice coil I am confused as to how to hook it up. I know that I can hook it up in series or parallel but Im not sure what is best. Or should i buy a 2 channel amp and use that to power each voice coil seperately? it is 10"- dual voice coil 2 X 4 ohms. Thanks for any help guys, Chris b.
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#3830, "RE: Dual Voice Coil Sub" In response to Reply # 0
Depends on what your amp can handle. To run 2 4ohm dual voicecoil subs you need either:
A: 1 mono sub amp that will handle a 1ohm load and run your speakers parallel/parallel. B: 1 mono sub amp that won't handle 1ohm and run them series/parallel @ 4ohms to the amp (this is how most installs are done. C: 1 4channel amp that will handle 2ohms bridged (very rare amp) and run each speaker to it's own channel parallel.
#3831, "RE: Dual Voice Coil Sub" In response to Reply # 1
Almost got it... But I have only a single 10" not 2 of them. So to go with option B. in your list... what kind of amp will i need and how will it hook up?
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#3832, "RE: Dual Voice Coil Sub" In response to Reply # 2
Easy.... Go with either a mono sub amp (class D amp) or a 2 channel amp that can be bridged into 2ohms. Your best bet will be the mono sub amp since they are built for subs only and designed to handle 2 ohms, most 2 channels are not.
You should have 2 sets of outputs on the mono amp. Technically one is right and one is left...but it's mono signal so it doesn't matter. Take the right and hook it to your positive and negative of one voice coil. Then the same with the left but on the opposite voice coil.....and you done!
If you decide to go with the bridged 2 channel just run 2 leads off the positive and two off the negative (of the amp) and run one set of positive/negative to one voice coil,and the other set to the other voice coil.
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