Invert Phase by Reversing +/- Terminals?

Epon · 10-11-2006, 09:24 AM

Hey, I understand the concept of just simply reversing the terminal connections to invert the phase on my sub, but if I was wiring it as such:

I would still ultimatly just plug the + into my amps - and vice versa, right? Or do I need to reverse that wiring diagram as well? Thanks.

dan__wright · 10-11-2006, 09:52 AM

if you reversed it on the voice coil connections it would cancel it out, you would be using the - cable on all + terminals so it would be the same as wiring it up normally. just change it at the amp end.

Shadow · 10-11-2006, 09:54 AM

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just change it at the amp end.

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JonDubya · 10-11-2006, 10:13 AM

You do realize what reversing the phase will do to your sub right?

dan__wright · 10-11-2006, 10:20 AM

nothing ?

Jahntassa · 10-11-2006, 10:24 AM

Well..if the sub is designed to compress the air in a certain way (Ie, compress the air in a sealed box), then having the sub reverse phase could potentially nix part of its usefulness, because it won't be compressing the air correctly.

dan__wright · 10-11-2006, 10:25 AM

but if you do everything properly then running reversed isnt going to cause any problems.

JonDubya · 10-11-2006, 10:52 AM

It can still cause problems...It'll push air when it's supposed to be pulling and vice versa, so when there's a bass hit, it can sound hollow or off beat.

Epon · 10-11-2006, 10:55 AM

If the ***-end of the speaker is outside the box, then I have to invert the phase, which is exactly what I'm doing.

Shadow · 10-11-2006, 11:26 AM

Why does everybody second guess the guy without asking what he's doing?

Epon · 10-11-2006, 11:39 AM

Thank you.

And thanks for the simple help above, I just couldn't get it past my mind that it'd be that easy to just swap the terminals with this setup. Needed some backup before I went shoving wires into things. Haha, I'll have pics on the setup probably later tonite, I spent the entire weekend on this beast.