Can you double bridge a dvc

[bradl79 10+ year member]

I have a dvc 2 ohm Rockford for gate r2d2-10 and a 4ch amp that can bridge 160w x 2. Can I hook each coil ad a brdige to get 160w ish per coil? Sub is 250w@2ohm.

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[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

No, you can't bridge all 4 channels together. If the amp is 2 ohm stable when bridged you could run one coil to each set of bridged channels but most amps are only stable down to 4 ohm when bridged.

What is the model number of the amp?

 

[bradl79 10+ year member]

Phonix Digital PD-394 1000W

what I was thinking was doing one coil on 1 and 3 and the other coil on 2 and 4 which i would think would be 2 ohm each and each coil is 2ohm rated. Am i thinking wrong

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

I can almost guarantee that amplifier will not run bridged at 2 ohms. Your only option would be to run only two of the channels (either one channel to each coil or bridge two of the channels and wire the coils in series).

 

[bradl79 10+ year member]

So can I run ch 1&2 on one coil then 3&4 on the other coil?

 

[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

No, you can not

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

So can I run ch 1&2 on one coil then 3&4 on the other coil?

No. Your coils are 2 ohm. What part of "you can't bridge that amp at 2 ohm" is unclear?

 

[bradl79 10+ year member]

I got it now thank u for ur help

 

[basswiigee]

lol, I see huge fail if you attempt that OP

 

[bradl79 10+ year member]

I am just going to keep it in series bridged @ 4 ohms

 

[juiceweazel]

Your amp probably won't like the load. More importanly you could cook the voice coil if your gains aren't set exactly because you would be sending different amounts of power to each coil of the woofer. Never run a 4 channels on a DVC, that's why they invented bridging.