marleyskater420 5,000+ posts
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if i have 2 4ohm subs,do they make 2 ohms when bridged?isnt that how it works?and is it the same for speakers as well?
is parallel the same as bridged?or are they 2 different things?if they are could you explain please so i can understand.If you wire one sub to your amp its 4 ohm load. Wire both in parallel its 2 ohm load. Wire both in series its a 8 ohm load.OK
so ur saying i can get 2 4ohm subs to run at 1 ohm?how so?because my amp is 1 ohm stable and i'd like to get another 500 watts out of it.When wired in series they create a 8ohm load, when wired in parallel it's a 2 ohm load. If you wire them in series and connect them bridged to your amp then you get a 4 ohm load. But if you wire them in parallel and connect them bridged to your amp then you get a 1ohm load. I think that's correct.
so ur saying i can get 2 4ohm subs to run at 1 ohm?how so?because my amp is 1 ohm stable and i'd like to get another 500 watts out of it.
No you can't
Bridged and and parallel are different things.
Parallel wiring is when you wire one or more subs to get a lower impedence. Thats how you get more watts out of an amp.
Bridging is when you wire one voice coil to two channels of an amp.
just to clarify....you are wiring the channels together in parallel when you bridge, but the term "wired in parallel" generally assume voicecoils being wired in paralell.so ur saying i can get 2 4ohm subs to run at 1 ohm?how so?because my amp is 1 ohm stable and i'd like to get another 500 watts out of it.
No you can't
Bridged and and parallel are different things.
Parallel wiring is when you wire one or more subs to get a lower impedence. Thats how you get more watts out of an amp.
Bridging is when you wire one voice coil to two channels of an amp.
so then my subs are wired parrallel and bridged?cuz i have 1 set of wires coming from 2 subs.so then wouldnt that mean im wiring one or more subs and getting a lower impendence and then i bridged them because 1 voice coil is going to 2 channels of an amp? the amp looks like this ()(-)(+)() or however the positive negatives go,but anyway thats what the speaker wire input thingy looks like.i dont know any technical names n stuff.so ur saying i can get 2 4ohm subs to run at 1 ohm?how so?because my amp is 1 ohm stable and i'd like to get another 500 watts out of it.
No you can't
Bridged and and parallel are different things.
Parallel wiring is when you wire one or more subs to get a lower impedence. Thats how you get more watts out of an amp.
Bridging is when you wire one voice coil to two channels of an amp.
Bridging has nothing to do with coils of ANY speaker. Bridging is an amplifier process only. Its when you use 2 channels together as one mono channel. Hope that clears it up.just to clarify....you are wiring the channels together in parallel when you bridge, but the term "wired in parallel" generally assume voicecoils being wired in paralell.
OOps!! My bad, didn't realize the date. I was bored and didn't think to check the date before I responded.Why bring up a thread this old? Pointless.