really quick question

[Reidk 10+ year member]

I just bought a phoenix gold xenon 400.1 and it just got delivered. I bought it to power 1 mach 5 maw 15. the amp is rated at 400 rms x1 but it appears to be 2 channel. and the website says it's not bridgeable. if I just hook it up to 1 side will it still be getting the 400 watts rms?

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[Thieroff 10+ year member]

Just hook it up to the middle outputs

Usually amp manufacturers will put "two" outputs on their mono amps so you don't have to parallell the wires inside the box

Mine is the same way

CT

 

[Reidk 10+ year member]

so generally i'm suppose to hook up each voice coil to a side? Even though it says "not bridgeable" are you sure that won't hurt it? that's still like bridging it right?

 

[Thieroff 10+ year member]

Haha, you cannot bridge a mono amp man

Nothing to bridge

Only reason it's like that is so you can hook up 2 subs easy, I'd parallel the wires in the box and just use one set of the +- on the amp, its cleaner that way

CT

 

[SAG3 5,000+ posts]

Wtf?

 

[Reidk 10+ year member]

Haha, you cannot bridge a mono amp man

Nothing to bridge

Only reason it's like that is so you can hook up 2 subs easy, I'd parallel the wires in the box and just use one set of the +- on the amp, its cleaner that way

CT

ok the its' already wired parallel. That's with the red terminals all wired together, and with all the black terminals all wired together? right?

 

[Thieroff 10+ year member]

Yessir

CT

 

[Reidk 10+ year member]

so should I still hook it to the middle outputs?

 

[Thieroff 10+ year member]

Read your manual and see what it tells you to do if you only have one sub

CT

 

[Reidk 10+ year member]

Read your manual and see what it tells you to do if you only have one sub


CT

don't have a manual.

 

[Thieroff 10+ year member]

Phoenixgold.com should man

if not, email them for it

CT

 

[Reidk 10+ year member]

i'm downloading it from there site already lol...

 

[Reidk 10+ year member]

it just says the outputs are internally wired in parallel doesn't actually suggest a way to hook it up.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Run the red to one + and the black to one - it doesn't matter which one, they are wired together in the amp.

 

[Thieroff 10+ year member]

Run the red to one + and the black to one - it doesn't matter which one, they are wired together in the amp.

Indeed.

CT