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Originally posted by violentrapture+Apr 28 2006, 02:12 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(violentrapture @ Apr 28 2006, 02:12 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-AaronKAlero@Apr 28 2006, 02:08 PM
The only question that I have about that is, I have heard single channel amps that get bridged tend to overheat and tend to last shorter than a normal amp is suppose to last. Is this true?
I know I may seem like Im a complete idiot on all of this, but I do not want to rush in on buying something and it not be what I was looking for, and finding out that I could of gotten something better for around the same price! So Im just looking for all the information and opinions I can get.
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Bridging can cause amps to run hotter, however cooled properly it doesn't necessarily shorten the lifespace. The amps I mentioned above are monoblock though - single channel, so nothing is bridged.
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Bridging CAN cause an amp to run hotter.. but it depends on the load really. If I hook up some 2ohm speakers to my 100x2@4ohm amp (200x2@2ohm).. I should be able to pull 400 watts in stereo mode with that amp (of course lets be realistic with the amp companies these days). Anyways lets say I bridge a 4ohm sub to those channels.. the load is very similar and I should still see 400watts at 4ohms bridged.
Where people get into trouble is when they try to bridge a 2ohm load to an amp that isnt capable of running that low.