Alright if you have a Dual 4-ohm sub and wire it in series to a 2-channel amp giving you 8-ohms and then bridge it into 4-ohms would you be getting more power from the sub then as if you just wired 1-channel + and -
Number of channels: 2 Max Power output: 1000 Watts RMS Power 4-Ohm Bridged: 1 x 400 RMS Power 2-Ohm Stereo: 2 x 300 RMS Power 4-ohm stereo: 2 x 200 Damping Factor: >800 Cross over slopes: 24dB/OCT THD: >0.005 SNR: 90dB Class: A/B Speaker Connection: 8 Gauge Power Connection: 4 Gauge Input Type: High Level and Low Level RCA
Basically if I wired it in stereo I would only get 200w to that sub correct? but if I wire it in series and then bridge it at the amp wouldn't I get 400w then
If you wire a dual 4 ohm sub in series, to get 8 ohms, then your connecting the sub at 8 ohms! I dont understand how your bringing it back to 4 ohms???
by bridging the amp, it's a 2-channel amp when you bridge your combining channels it's going from 8-ohm series wiring then when you bridge the amp in mono it gives it a 4-ohm load right
alright 1 more time, if you have 1 dual 4ohm sub and a 2-channel amp (the one above) and you wire the sub for 8 -ohm series and you connect the wires to ONE channel which would give you 8-ohms stereo (I think), but if you connect the wires in mono (bridged) don't the amp recieves a 4-ohm load because you are combining 1-channel to get the 400@ 4 ohm mono (bridged)
and isn't it with 2-channel amps when you bridge the amp see's half of the actual load for instance the sub is wired in 8-ohm series but when bridgeed (on 2-channel) amp it would see half the load which would be 4-ohms
Bridging it does not change the ohm load. The amp sees whatever the load is coming from the coils on the sub. So connecting the 2 4 ohm coils in series makes it 8 ohms, therefore 8 ohms is what the amp sees no matter how many channels your using on the amp.
That means that the amp is stable to 4 ohms briged, meaning it will see the sub wired to 8 ohms, and give it about 1/2 of the power for a 4 ohm bridged set up. Follow?
Basicaly, it will not operate lower then 4 ohms bridged. It will work with higher ohm loads, such as your 8, but not lower then 4.