Wiring configuration for 2 speakers in parallel two 4 ohm speakers 2 ohm load. How to wire new speakers when you are installing new speakers in your car or truck.
How To Run Speaker Wire Fromyour Amp Tofront Doors Youtube
Wire door speakers to amp. With the addition of an excess speaker to the output signal of an amplifier youre adding to the rest of the amplifier. Ive got dash and doors wired to the front channel rear shelf speakers to the rear channel. Well actually speakers are bridged at the amp not in the box. Hu is alpine cda9833. Ive put together some really detailed information to help make this as painless and inexpensive as possible. My sub is going through an alpine sub amp.
If both speakers share the same positive wire connection theyre in parallel. 2 get some type of active crossover for the dash and front door speakers and wire all the speakers up to the amp. However it is possible to wire a 4 channel amp to 4 speakers and a sub. 4 channel amps are great and have a lot of flexibility for the most part. However theyre intended for use with 4 speakers or 2 speakers and a sub not both. Many amplifiers can deal with a load of 2 speakers.
Ive got dash door and rear speakers all 2 way wired to an alpine 4 channel amp. Here is a great soldering kit. Soldering will give you a better and longer lasting result. When using an amp on your door speakers it is very important to have this set up correctly. The wires would run from one black connector to the other the right side of the photo below. Questions for option 2.
But since were using an external amplifier for the speakers the speaker wires from the car get diverted to the amp thats the bundle of wires on the bottom plug heading left to the amplifier. Just took car out of storage and im getting no sound. Dashfronts on 2 channels with crossover as a component set rear doors on 2 channels and the sub on 1 channel. The manner in which your speakers in a multi speaker system are wired together determines the overall impedance. Thats two speakers will be double a load of a single speaker. Multiple speakers on one amplifier.
Theyre either connected in parallel like for running at 1 or 2 ohms or separately inside a box. You need to match them correctly for whatever ohms rating your amp has. If you amp both the front and back speakers and have the controls set up wrong then the back speakers can cause distortion from what you hear up front. The speaker wires from the new stereo arent used.