Can you bridge an amp with a blown channel?

[specie 10+ year member]

If you have a 2 channel amp and 1 of the channels is burnt, can you still bridge it? Or is it only bridgeable if both channels are functional?

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[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

only one way to find out

try it and let us know

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

just give it a whirl. worst case scenario, your other channel gets f'd.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

answer is no

 

[specie 10+ year member]

I don't have the amp. I was going to buy an amp but the guy had it bridged. I asked to have it hooked to the two channels but he was pretty reluctant about it. He just stated that if a channel is blown, you can't bridge the two. I just wanted to verify the information.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

bridging 2 channels involves using 2 (working) channels as one.

ask that guy, if both channels are blown.. can you bridge both of them to work? just for kicks.

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

YOu can bridge it but you're not gonna get more output from the amp if that 1 channel is blown i bet.

 

[O 16581 72452 5]

Up from the dead.

It'll sound terrible, already done it.

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

Up from the dead.
It'll sound terrible, already done it.

there really is no point in bringing this thread up to say what you said.

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

Up from the dead.
It'll sound terrible, already done it.

gawd you're an idiot

both for trying this and bringing this thread back.

 

[pawn man 10+ year member]

most class ab amps use an inverted output. when bridging you use the + from 1 channel & the - of the other channel. that sums the power from both channels. i am pretty sure that it will not work bridged if 1 channel is blown.

 

[O 16581 72452 5]

gawd you're an idiot
both for trying this and bringing this thread back.

I didn't know i had a blown channel, i diagnosed it when the sound coming out my speakers sounded like dookie.

Excuse me for bringing an answer to a thread that didn't have one. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif I found it by searching for a problem with my amp, figured someone else might uncover it searching and there's now an answer to the question.

 

[dumple 5,000+ posts]

a question asked almost a year ago way to be that guy

 

[O 16581 72452 5]

a question asked almost a year ago way to be that guy

And now someone else with the same question can search and find it!

Wow.