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Message started by Iso187 on 02/06/07 at 18:07:55

Title: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by Iso187 on 02/06/07 at 18:07:55

Just jotted down on a pice of scrap paper. This is probable the most complicated wiring i have ever done. I think the whole outta phase just plays with my head. But i was hoping that i can either get the "its ok" or the fix so that i dont have to piss with wiring later on. Im aiming for a 4Ohm total load so, i think i have it right. Anyone double check for me i would greatly appreciate.



Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by gexter on 02/07/07 at 04:15:55

I think you may have them in phase with each other.

Got a meter? if you reverse the polarity on one of the pair and run them parallel then you will have a 2 Ohm load on a pair, that are out of Phase.

then you series the two sets together to make 4 Ohms.

Make sense ? I am terrible explaining this stuff.
I always check with a meter.

Get a meter

Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by Iso187 on 02/07/07 at 15:37:36

Ok thanks, will check. Only reason i asked, is that a typical series connects a (+) to a (-), so i figured seriesing a (-) to a (-) would throw one woofer out of phase. But I will check with a meter. Thanks for the help.

Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by Jet-Lee on 02/21/07 at 21:41:22

I think I simplified your drawing, and I do believe it's correct.


Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by musgofasa on 02/23/07 at 01:58:49

Hey Lee,

I feel disadvantaged here, but would this work too? The whole out of phase thing has me confused too



Take care,
Robert

Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by HT-EXT on 02/23/07 at 11:28:54

I am in the same boat with everyone here when it comes to wiring that many speakers in one box. The best way I have found is the good old nine volt battery. I would wire up one set of the speakers check with the "9V" to make they are phase right. Then wire up the next two check it with the "9V". Wire it all together and repeat test until everything is moving in the right direction. Now I would not put the battery on it for a long time just love tap it to the terminals or speaker wire to check the speakers movement. Hope this helps.

HT-EXT  

Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by G on 02/23/07 at 11:44:25


HT-EXT wrote on 02/23/07 at 11:28:54:
I am in the same boat with everyone here when it comes to wiring that many speakers in one box. The best way I have found is the good old nine volt battery. I would wire up one set of the speakers check with the "9V" to make they are phase right. Then wire up the next two check it with the "9V". Wire it all together and repeat test until everything is moving in the right direction. Now I would not put the battery on it for a long time just love tap it to the terminals to check the speakers movement. Hope this helps.

HT-EXT  


Now we are talking! this is what I do when I am getting scrambled about the wiring. I get everything going in the right direction first.
Its my understanding ( never had more than two dirvers in a HWK) that you could even have the top pair opposed to the bottom pair and it sound good in a HWK.
I would have the pair working together all moving up and down at the same time at first.
Assemble the dirvers outside the box and line them up like the HWK configuration and get them going in the right direction.
then you can meter it to check your resistance.

Why didnt I think of the 9 v battery one. Pro vrs rank amature i guess. me being the rank one of course.

Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by HT-EXT on 02/23/07 at 12:04:09

I am far from a PRO. The bad part is I have wired/rewired HWKs over 100 times and still resort to the battery test to get it right. I am thinking the PROs could wire it up with there eyes closed and laugh at me with my little "9V" making that popping noise over and over again.

HT-EXT

Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by G on 02/23/07 at 18:05:43

LOL
ya but WOW thats a lot of HWK wiring!. Can't say I have done that much rewiring on a HWK.
I just do it right the first time!.. lol. kidding.
thats experience in my book HT-EXT!
G

Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by musgofasa on 02/24/07 at 09:25:49

lol

Ya know, I have probably wired a thousand Iso loaded enclosures and no few of them with 4 or 8 or even 16 woofers. I have been called "Pro" more than I have been called anything else (at least that I could repeat in public) lol. But I just realized that I nearly always run things in parallel and then series the sets rather than the other way around.
I will see if I can draw that out and I bet it makes more sense lol

Take care,
Robert


edit: Et voila 4ohm load (with 4 4ohm speakers) each pair is out of phase and the two pairs should be in phase



Of course, i always test with a 9V before closing it up lol
Take care,
Robert

Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by musgofasa on 02/24/07 at 09:48:19

Same thing, maybe a little easier to look at:


Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by HT-EXT on 02/24/07 at 12:51:39

Now dern-it I am confused again but it don't take much. I thought if two speakers were iso-loaded one would haft to be hooked out of phase. I know we are dealing with two sets but lets start with one set at a time. One set iso-loaded would have the negative to negative and positive to positive I think? Where in the heck is my battery?

HT-EXT  

Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by musgofasa on 02/24/07 at 14:45:34

It's been a long while since I did this one, but the two speakers that face each other need to be wired out of phase so that they fire in the same direction at the same time.

Hence positive to negative wiring on each pair

The trick is wiring the other pair in phase with the first pair so that all four speakers move in the same direction at the same time.

This is why I always stuck to amps that would run 1 channel per pair of speakers. Wiring to the same channel required a 9V every time lol

Take care,
Robert

Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by Adrian on 02/24/07 at 18:28:14

looks good Robert.

Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by musgofasa on 02/24/07 at 18:31:46

Hey! Somebody agrees??

Maybe I am right?

maybe a decent educated guess??

lol

Thanks Adrian, to be honest I looked at it cross eyed 3 times before I posted and to tell the truth, I would still wire it up and test it with a battery lol.

Take Care,
Robert

Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by Adrian on 02/24/07 at 18:40:06

battery beats paper :)
educated ? more like studying my ass off saturday evening  >:(

Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by HT-EXT on 02/24/07 at 23:12:59

"Battery beats paper" that is funny I don't care who you are. Please don't take offense Robert, I am the one fighting the wiring curve and it usually beans me on the head. For some reason even when I draw a wiring schematic down on paper it just does not jive with my limited IQ. I think the booze might have alot to do with it. For all you out there "DON'T DRINK AND WIRE HWKS" have a designated audio tech do it for you after too many snorts from the bottle. From most of your post Robert, I can tell you have a right smart of knowledge in the audio field and beside I am just a little fish in the shark tank waiting for his turn. Thanks for the help.

HT-EXT

Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by musgofasa on 02/25/07 at 02:57:11

LOL

Actually whenever I talk to the like of Zygi or Steve, I feel like the little Donkey in the Budweiser commercials.

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2532913/collection/18509/minisite/superbowl

had to throw that in there

Take care,
Robert

Title: Re: Can someone double ckeck my HW wiring?
Post by Jet-Lee on 03/05/07 at 20:58:51

Robert, your last one was right, mine was giving 1ohm.

I dunno what I was thinking, I got all confused.

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