bridge subs for more power

[wickedmooch 10+ year member]

what do i hook up to bridge my subs to give them more power?? positive to what? negative to what?

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[zane 10+ year member]

Well, firstly- what are you trying to bridge and can your amplifier handle the final impedence?

What subs and VC configuration as well as Re: value for each coil?

let me know this much and I can point you in the right direction and possibly get a diagram for you to help.

take it easy,

-zane

 

[wickedmooch 10+ year member]

my amp can bridge 2 channels at 900 watts which is enough cause my 2 audio bahn subs are only 400 a piece and they have 2 positves and 2 negatives on each of them

what do u mean by VC conviguration?

 

[mykeys 10+ year member]

Now you just need Zane to put up a diagram cause I always confuse people when trying to explain how to run a mixed series parallel configuration to get the right impedance for the amp..BTW He still needs to get the rated resistance of each voice coil..i.e. 2ohm,4ohms,3ohm,6ohm..etc.

Mike

 

[wickedmooch 10+ year member]

im afraid i dont know the ohms. all i know is they are 2 12'' audio bahns... with 400 watts each and they have 2 positives and 2 negatives on each sub... i think the guy that did it last time hooked the positve to the negative then so on.

positve ---------- negative 2nd sub'' positive -------------negative

hooking 2 subs together ---------------------

then he did the same to the bottom ones

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[zane 10+ year member]

Sounds like your subs are Dual Voice Coil or DVC models. To determine the impedence or ohms of each Voice Coil, you need a multi-meter. Set the meter on ohms (looks like an upsidown horse shoe) then connect the posative lead to the posative terminal of the speaker and the negative lead to the negative terminal of the speaker. The impedence of the voice coil will be displayed on the multimeter.

From your description, the subs can be wired like this to achieve an impedence that the amp will handle. Pyramid is not stable much at all below 4 ohms, so this would be the best effective way to wire your subs.

take it easy,

-zane

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

Originally posted by zane Sounds like your subs are Dual Voice Coil or DVC models. To determine the impedence or ohms of each Voice Coil, you need a multi-meter. Set the meter on ohms (looks like an upsidown horse shoe) then connect the posative lead to the posative terminal of the speaker and the negative lead to the negative terminal of the speaker. The impedence of the voice coil will be displayed on the multimeter.

 

 

From your description, the subs can be wired like this to achieve an impedence that the amp will handle. Pyramid is not stable much at all below 4 ohms, so this would be the best effective way to wire your subs.

 

 

 

take it easy,

 

-zane

its not often that i get to correct you zane....so here goes....he stated he has 2 audiobahn subs....not pyramid......heh...got ya

 

[Corsica 5,000+ posts]

Audiobahn is gonna hit and zane where in the hell did u get pyrmid from man?