Subwoofer hook up

[Andrew Tollison 3]

I was cleaning out our storage room the other day and found a 6.5" subwoofer that I use to have in my old Ranger. How would I go about hooking this thing up? It is not powered by a sub. Could I splice into one of the door speakers? or should I run a wire to my Pioneer DEH6800 head unit? If i was to splice into the door speakers, how would I go about doing that? Thanks for the help.



Andrew

 

[Jacob Dryer]

Your head unit does not have enough power to run a subwoofer even if it is only a 6.5". If you spliced it into the door speakers would would only get 11 watts to it (assuming your headunit does 25 watts per channel which is pretty typical)



You need a small amp to power it.

 

[Andrew Tollison 3]

How big of an amp would I need to get?

 

[joey reed]

i would get at least 100w rms true power amp you can always turn it down somethign like the lightning audio amps from walmart would be good and cheap

 

[Andrew Tollison 3]

What do i need to do to hook it up. I have never fooled with amps before.

 

[Jacob Dryer]

Easiest thing to do it just buy an amp install kit it will come with everything you need. You should be able to find one on ebay for $20 it will have all the wires and connectors.