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When you wire subs up this way, isn't it only using half of the voice coil? Does doing this significantly diminish the output of the setup?
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nismos14
No you're using all of the coils.

If you sire series parallel you have 2 subs, say d4's, and you wire each one to 8 ohm in series, then you wire the two remaining sets of 8 ohm leads in parallel to 4 ohm.
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Ah ok, thanks.... I just didn't think I would be because of the jumper cable between the second set of terminals not being connected to anything else. Thanks for the help.
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This is series parallel wiring.


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Fatboy501 said:
Ah ok, thanks.... I just didn't think I would be because of the jumper cable between the second set of terminals not being connected to anything else. Thanks for the help.
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They all get used because you're connecting the circuit from the two opposite coils.
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Ah... yeah I thought that since the second wire wasn't physically connected to the first two that that side of the coil was not in use. Thanks!
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Np
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