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[SV.Gato 10+ year member]

At the risk of being roasted...what happens if I were to connect two speakers to same channel. For instance, I have a four channel amp. I am tempted to wire, not in series or bridge, but to just shove two speaker wires into one channel for +/- and two speaker wires into the channel two +/-. The remaining two channels would be bridged to power my sub.

I am temped, but haven't done that. I've already ordered a mono amp...just finished wiring all the vehicle in preparation of receiving the amp.

Thanks for answering.

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[SV.Gato 10+ year member]

Bump...come fellas...give me a hand here.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

Do it and see what happens.

 

[SV.Gato 10+ year member]

Last time I tried something just to see what would happen....was not a good turn out.

Anyone out there have a little more "informed" opinion?

 

[fast85_gt]

it will still lower or raise the independence possibly overheating your amp unless it is a high current then you can add as many speakers you wont

 

[~Magick_Man~ 10+ year member]

like this?

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

Last time I tried something just to see what would happen....was not a good turn out.
Anyone out there have a little more "informed" opinion?

Nothing is going to happen, the most is you put the amp into protect which will go away once you remove the load.

 

[SV.Gato 10+ year member]

like this?

Yes just like that.

 

[SV.Gato 10+ year member]

Nothing is going to happen, the most is you put the amp into protect which will go away once you remove the load.

Twistid,

I appreciate the feedback. Just trying to learn here. I tried doing a search, which doesn't happen very often on here.

Again, thanks all!

 

[~Magick_Man~ 10+ year member]

Yes just like that.

you would end up halving the impedance of the speakers.

so if it was 2 x 4 ohm speakers the amp would see a 2 ohm load.

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

You are right, you won't be wiring them in series or bridging, but you will be wiring them in parallel reducing the ohm load in halve. So as long as the amp can handle those ohm loads in the channel then you'll be fine.

If not, you'll just go into protect mode.

 

[SV.Gato 10+ year member]

I gave it a try and my amp powered my speakers just fine. I made a trip to Tucson and back...about three hours of straight driving and never had any issues. So thanks all for the lessons learned.