wiring juggernaut 15 with jl500/1 question

Bumpin 86 Caddy · 22nd March 2011, 06:32 PM

My juggernaut 15 is dual voice coil. And the jl 500/1 amp is 1.5 oh stable. How should I wire it for most bass?
One coil pos to other coil neg. Then other pos to pos on amp same for other neg?

Perry Babin · 22nd March 2011, 07:53 PM

What's the impedance of each coil?

Vigier · 22nd March 2011, 08:07 PM

The MMats Juggernaut 15 has dual voice coil, Re=1.4 Ohms each. With a 1.5 Ohm stable amp you could drive a single coil for most output. Depending on the box you're gonna use you could even risk wiring them in parallel, but you can only do that if you use just the frequency range around the peak in the impedance curve... I don't think you're really experienced, so don't do that!

I just read in the manual (http://mobile.jlaudio.com/pdfs/Slash_amps/500_1_MAN.pdf) that the amp is capable of producing 500W RMS from 1.5 to 4 ohms. So, wire them in series!! BUT: Read page 14 carefully to get the most out of your amp <--

Bumpin 86 Caddy · 22nd March 2011, 08:19 PM

Lol. How do I wire it in series? Pos to pos?

Vigier · 22nd March 2011, 09:19 PM

Connect the + of coil 1 to the - of coil 2. Then connect the - of coil 1 to the - of your amp and the + of coil 2 to the + of your amp.

Bumpin 86 Caddy · 22nd March 2011, 09:57 PM

Ok. And this will give me the most bass from my stuff?

Bumpin 86 Caddy · 23rd March 2011, 05:10 AM

ok. im gonna wire in series for a 4 ohm load. but i didnt see a page 14 on the jl audio manual only went to 13

Vigier · 23rd March 2011, 09:46 PM

Page 14 when you look at the page numbers on the pages. It's the left side of page 8 of the PDF.

22nd March 2011, 06:32 PM	#1
Bumpin 86 Caddy diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cincinnati, OH	wiring juggernaut 15 with jl500/1 question My juggernaut 15 is dual voice coil. And the jl 500/1 amp is 1.5 oh stable. How should I wire it for most bass? One coil pos to other coil neg. Then other pos to pos on amp same for other neg?

22nd March 2011, 07:53 PM	#2
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22nd March 2011, 08:07 PM	#3
Vigier diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Netherlands	The MMats Juggernaut 15 has dual voice coil, Re=1.4 Ohms each. With a 1.5 Ohm stable amp you could drive a single coil for most output. Depending on the box you're gonna use you could even risk wiring them in parallel, but you can only do that if you use just the frequency range around the peak in the impedance curve... I don't think you're really experienced, so don't do that! I just read in the manual (http://mobile.jlaudio.com/pdfs/Slash_amps/500_1_MAN.pdf) that the amp is capable of producing 500W RMS from 1.5 to 4 ohms. So, wire them in series!! BUT: Read page 14 carefully to get the most out of your amp <--

22nd March 2011, 08:19 PM	#4
Bumpin 86 Caddy diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cincinnati, OH	Lol. How do I wire it in series? Pos to pos?

22nd March 2011, 09:19 PM	#5
Vigier diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Netherlands	Connect the + of coil 1 to the - of coil 2. Then connect the - of coil 1 to the - of your amp and the + of coil 2 to the + of your amp.

22nd March 2011, 09:57 PM	#6
Bumpin 86 Caddy diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cincinnati, OH	Ok. And this will give me the most bass from my stuff?

23rd March 2011, 05:10 AM	#7
Bumpin 86 Caddy diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cincinnati, OH	ok. im gonna wire in series for a 4 ohm load. but i didnt see a page 14 on the jl audio manual only went to 13

23rd March 2011, 09:46 PM	#8
Vigier diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Netherlands	Page 14 when you look at the page numbers on the pages. It's the left side of page 8 of the PDF.

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