When bridge the subs they cut off and on?

[marvinwillis 10+ year member]

I have a Kenwood Excelon 1000 watt amp and 2 kicker cvr 12"s 4 Dual ohms. When i try to bridge them, the subs will plays music then will come off and on.

Whats going on?

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[dipitydoo 10+ year member]

what kenwood amp? r u sure its not a mono amp?

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

i take it the amp goes into protect? Confirm all the wiring and make sure you do not have too low of a load on your amp. Most amps dont like being bridged @2ohm iirc

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

ya its probably a mono block but they give you 4 spots to hook up speaker wire so you think theres 2 channels.

 

[marvinwillis 10+ year member]

umm im a noob, so dont flame me if this is a stupid statement.

On the amp theres a thing that says bridged with + on one terminal and - on another.

Also how can i tell if i have a low load on it?

 

[joker4096 10+ year member]

depends on how you wire the subs, are they wired to 1 ohm? maybe the amp cannot hold a 1ohm load. check the specs on everything

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

the easiest thing would be to give us the exact model number so we can look it up and see what its stable at.

 

[NightDrifter05 10+ year member]

It would help if you posted what the amp is. If it's a 2 channel and you are bridging it then depending on how it's wired the amp would see a 1ohm load and I don't know of any 2 channel Kenwood that can do 1ohm.

 

[marvinwillis 10+ year member]

depends on how you wire the subs, are they wired to 1 ohm? maybe the amp cannot hold a 1ohm load. check the specs on everything

umm how do i wre a sub to 1 ohm??

i have it like this

+___________________+_______________________amp

-___________________-________________________amp

this is my amp

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=14032

 

[marvinwillis 10+ year member]

ttt

 

[crod504 10+ year member]

he has d4 subs... he probably has it wired to 1 ohm.. protect

Get a different amp or different subs.

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

to use the amp you have this is what you do since you have dual 4 ohm dvc on one sub take one coils + and run it to the - that will leave you with the + and - left one from each coil wire each sub like that. that will bring each sub to an 8 ohm load now with the two pos wires one from each sub and the two neg wires also one from each sub wire it to the marked bridged pos and neg wires that will give your amp a 4 ohm load which it can handle.

 

[marvinwillis 10+ year member]

to use the amp you have this is what you do since you have dual 4 ohm dvc on one sub take one coils + and run it to the - that will leave you with the + and - left one from each coil wire each sub like that. that will bring each sub to an 8 ohm load now with the two pos wires one from each sub and the two neg wires also one from each sub wire it to the marked bridged pos and neg wires that will give your amp a 4 ohm load which it can handle.

Will i lose or gain power?

 

[DePratt 10+ year member]

it will keep playing...

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

does that matter? well it'll play and you'll put out what the amp is rated at for 4 ohms which is the only ohm the amp is stable at bridged.