Wiring two subs and two amp?

gotpiranha · Post by **gotpiranha** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:09 am

Just wanna say hi here. I'm a big Phoenix gold fan since I was younger but can't afford it back in the days. Since now I been getting good deals on some old school amp and sub on craigslist and eBay. I bought two r3 12" dual voice coil and two zx500. How would you guys connect theses to get the most power outta them? Thanks

todd217 · Post by **todd217** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:04 am

Are they dual 2 or dual 4 ohm coils. Also since those zx are new to you have the caps been changed in them?

zeropoint0.5 · Post by **zeropoint0.5** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:43 am

one sub per zx500....they give 600w rms brigded at 4 ohms and also at 2 ohms....

2x2 ohms, connect coils in series to get 4 ohm

2x4 ohms, connect coils in parallel to get 2 ohm.

don't do this without a good battery of course....

the amps are more current hungry than you think........

gotpiranha · Post by **gotpiranha** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 9:08 am

Subs are dual 4 ohm. I don't think the zx have new caps. But I did hook them up to my iPhone at home and it both sounds loud and clean.

gotpiranha · Post by **gotpiranha** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:19 am

One other thing. One of the zx amp led doesn't light up but it function fine. The owner I bought it from locally said it when out awhile back when he had it. Is there any parts inside I should look for?

zeropoint0.5 · Post by **zeropoint0.5** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:33 pm

gotpiranha wrote:Subs are dual 4 ohm. I don't think the zx have new caps. But I did hook them up to my iPhone at home and it both sounds loud and clean.

disconnect them NOW from a battery and unload them, you can do this with a little resistor of 50 ohms or a little light....

you're taking a lot of risks with the old caps. they have to be replaced first... 6 in each amp.....

about the led.... so it's probably the green led you're talking about..... it could be the led itself but also another problem.

i think you better contact a technician here for recapping and looking for that led problem before you continue.........

Post by **AVICJR** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 6:27 pm

I don't exactly know the specs on the R3 subs, but I bet you can run both subs off of 1 amp and it should still hammer! And use the other amp on highs/mids.

zeropoint0.5 · Post by **zeropoint0.5** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:07 am

AVICJR wrote:I don't exactly know the specs on the R3 subs, but I bet you can run both subs off of 1 amp and it should still hammer! And use the other amp on highs/mids.

probably you're right, but there's a difference of running hard for 15 minutes or running hard all day long......

gotpiranha · Post by **gotpiranha** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 11:30 am

I just got a respond back from the original owner I bought the zx from. He told me they both have been service a year ago with new caps. Should I just take the cover apart and look for myself? I'm hoping to run both amp on the two sub since I'm already running a tantrum 600.4 on miss and high. Also just got my pld1 yesterday from a member here. Hoping to hook them all up soon.

gotpiranha · Post by **gotpiranha** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 11:32 am

So should I run each channel for each coil on the subs or in series and bridge the amps?

Post by **Eric D** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:33 pm

Take a photo of the right window on each ZX amp. From the photos we can likely determine if the caps have been replaced or not.

gotpiranha · Post by **gotpiranha** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:42 am

Okay will get some later.