Kicker L7 Wiring Options, Single Woofer Using Dual 2 Ohm Voice Coils, 1 Ohm, 4 Ohm, 8 Ohm

Wiring Options

The following diagrams are the most popular wiring configurations when using Dual voice coil woofers. They show a typical single channel wiring scheme. Check the amplifier’s owners manual for minimum impedance the amplifier will handle before hooking up the speakers. Remember: 4 Ohm mono is equivalent to 2 Ohm stereo.

Single Woofer

Using Dual 2 Ohm Voice Coils

1 Ohm 4 Ohm

Parallel			Series
Red/white dot	-	To	Red/white dot
+			+
	+	Amplifier
	Black/		Black/
	white		white
Black	dot	Black	dot
	-		-
-		-
Red +			Red +

-To

+ Amplifier

Using Dual 4 Ohm Voice Coils

2 Ohm

8 Ohm

Series

Parallel

Red/white dot

-

To

Red/white dot

-

To

+

+

Black/

+ Amplifier

Black/

+ Amplifier

white

white

Black

dot

Black

dot

-

-

-

-

Red +

Red +

SERIES VOICE COILS / WOOFERS WIRED IN PARALLEL

PARALLELED VOICE COILS / WOOFERS WIRED IN SERIES

Using Dual 2 Ohm Voice Coils

Using Dual 2 Ohm Voice Coils

4

4

= 2 OHM

1

+

1 = 2 OHM

-

To

Red/white dot

Red/white dot

+ Amplifier

-

To

Red/white dot

Red/white dot

+

+

+

+

Black/

Black/

+ Amplifier

Black/

Black/

white

white

white

white

dot

dot

Black

-

Black

-

Black

dot

dot

-

-

-

Black

-

-

-

Red +

Red +

Red +

Red +

Using Dual 4 Ohm Voice Coils

Using Dual 4 Ohm Voice Coils

8

8 = 4 OHM

2

+

2 = 4 OHM

Red/white dot

+

Black

-

		Red/white dot
		+
Black/		Black/
white		white
dot	Black	dot
-		-
	-

-To

+ Amplifier

Red/white dot

+

Black

-

Black/ white dot

-

Red/white dot

+

Black/ white dot

Black -

-

-To

+ Amplifier

Red + Red +

Red +

Red +

Kicker Solo-Baric L7-Series Subwoofers

Recommended Applications

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