Safe to connect each bridged 2 channels to one voice coil??

[DIGIDIGIBOMBO 10+ year member]

Hi, i have a ts-w12prs/ pioneer and i am getting a profile amp AP1040 4 ch, for the time being. Can i bridge 2 channels and connect them to one voice coil and the bridge the other two and connect them to the second voice coil of the same sub?? when 2 channels are bridged the amp will output 225rms maybe its a bit overrated dunno. lets say it will output 200rms, so i will be powering the sub with 400rms right?? the sub is rated at 300rms, so this amp should do well?? I am a bit worried to wire the sub this way, when it comes to set the amp built in cross over, one voice coil will be affected before the other( i cant turn the xover settings of all 4 channels together) will it have any bad effect?? No problem for the gain cz i will set it with a DMM before connecting the sub. Thx

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[hdave 10+ year member]

yea its safe

 

[hdave 10+ year member]

4 channel amps arent meant to drive subs, so it may tend to overheat if you push it too hard.

my fosgate 501x got pretty hot, but then again, i had no endcaps and it wasnt mounted anywhere and i pushed it pretty hard sometimes

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

4 channel amps arent meant to drive subs, so it may tend to overheat if you push it too hard

Wrong.

An amp doesn't know or care what kind of speaker it's connected to.