Electronic burning smell

[sniper_moe]

I just hooked everything up and now i have a smell of burning if i turn the sub up high... the last sub i had only had one spot to put the wires on the back but this sub and 4 connections for wired... "alpine type-s (SWS-1042D)" and a "Rockford Fosgate (P3001) because there are 2 possitive and 2 negative on the sub it is used to hook up 2 amps with a compacity of 4ohms each... on on the amp the is 2 pos. and 2 neg. as well and puts out 4 ohms each... would this cause a burning smell... i don't understand how... the wiring to the amp is fine... this is the only thing i can think of. I only get the smell when it's turn up really high(not max). Please help if you can...

[LEADFOOT]

Last I knew the 4 connectors on a sub were for dual voice coils. Hook them up a certain way to raise or lower the impedence (ohms), not hook up 2 amps. But that was like 10 years ago and **** changes so if thats the way it is now, I have to idea.

[T Man]

Last I knew the 4 connectors on a sub were for dual voice coils. Hook them up a certain way to raise or lower the impedence (ohms), not hook up 2 amps. But that was like 10 years ago and **** changes so if thats the way it is now, I have to idea.

You hit the nail on the head. It is not for 2 amps, but it aids in hookin up mutiple subs. The way I had my dual voice coil wired was i had a lead from the positive on one side to the neg on the other. and the same way on the other side. then hook it up from there

[XxInFaxX]

the way it sounds, its a DVC sub, and you can hook up an amp per coil. The electronic burning smell could be because the equipment is new and sometimes they do need to break in like everything else. Dont push it hard til it warms up for a while, and you should be fine.

[sniper_moe]

to the way i have it hooked up is ok??? it should do any damage? or catch on fire..

[XxInFaxX]

checking the specs of the amp, and the specs of the sub, you would be better off if you ran it like this...

bridge the amp

sub wiring:
run the positive terminal 1 to positive terminal 2. Run the negative terminal 1 to negative terminal 2. Then from there, run the positive from the amp to the positive on the sub, then the negative to the negative.


that sub handles 900W peak, so RMS is somewhere around 450-500. The RMS on the amp bridged is 300, so it will still be underpowered, but not as bad as it is now. you should notice a significant power gain.


any more questions, ask

[T Man]

Paralell, Series, whatever.

[XxInFaxX]

he has a series right now, hes only getting 150W per channel, to where if he wires it in paralell like i showed, then he will get 300W