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this is about me being a loser and problem creator.

I finally got a 2nd subwoofer and I was excited to hook it up. Well, not too excited. I knew it would be a pain to hook it up. I was excited to hear it. I spent over 90 minutes connecting the speaker wires to my power amp. When I turned it on, the left channel was gone. It blew the fuse. I disconnected everything, replaced the fuse, hooked it up again. It worked for 10 seconds, blew the fuse again.

The way I hooked them up was I went from the sub speaker out from both subwoofers, rolled the left and right side wires together so I had 4 wires that I connected to the left and right plus and minus channels - speaker binders on the power amp. What are my options? My preamp has no sub out. Nor my amp.

Stupid question: should I just go from left to left on one sub and right to right on the other sub?

grislybutter
mikhailark
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@grislybutter - the Web page (parts express) says 250W RMS. The wire is pretty thin for 100W, I'd say. Would anyone run that thin wire from amp to speakers? I hope that cap is not electrolytic. Basically, parts quality should not be less than the speaker crossover.

grislybutter OP
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@thecarpathian

Does the speaker level output on sub1 put out the full signal or a high pass filtered signal?

This was asked before, it puts out the full signal according to my tests and @deep_333

grislybutter OP
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thanks @immathewj

we were on two different high pass filters, now I get it.

 

immatthewj
1,899 posts
 

"@thecarpathian

Does the speaker level output on sub1 put out the full signal or a high pass filtered signal?

This was asked before, it puts out the full signal according to my tests and @deep_333"

And, although already asked and answered, I will add that the manual for my old M&K sub (which I realize does not represent all subs) states explicitly that it does not utilize a high pass filter.

 

immatthewj
1,899 posts
 

thanks @immathewj

we were on two different high pass filters, now I get it.

. . . and both of them basically performing the same function.

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