Bridged Ohm Loads

[Edward_Stryfe]

This may be a stupid question, but I can't find anything on this anywhere else. I saw a video on youtube and this guy was saying that a bridged ohm load is really half on the amplifier. So if I had a 2ohm sub bridged on an amp the amp was getting a 1ohm load. I have a 4 channel and two 4ohm 10's I planned on running bridged wired to 2ohm but the amp is only stable 2-8ohm, so would that end up damaging my amp, if I wired the subs that way?

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[kr15 5,000+ posts]

In a sense it is. 2ohm bridged is equivalent to 1ohm stereo.

You could bridge 1 10 per set of channels. You would effectively be running 2 ohm stereo across the amp

 

[BOOMINGRANDPA 5,000+ posts]

This may be a stupid question, but I can't find anything on this anywhere else. I saw a video on youtube and this guy was saying that a bridged ohm load is really half on the amplifier. So if I had a 2ohm sub bridged on an amp the amp was getting a 1ohm load. I have a 4 channel and two 4ohm 10's I planned on running bridged wired to 2ohm but the amp is only stable 2-8ohm, so would that end up damaging my amp, if I wired the subs that way?

yes if subs are 4 OHM SVC (not dvc) bridge 2 channels to each sub thats most the amp can do unless it's 1 ohm stable (rare in 4 channels)

 

[Edward_Stryfe]

yes if subs are 4 OHM SVC (not dvc) bridge 2 channels to each sub thats most the amp can do unless it's 1 ohm stable (rare in 4 channels)

Alright thanks