Bridge An Amp

09-20-2004, 09:24 AM

hey i was just wondering how to bridge an amp because i have a two channel amp hooked up to one sub??

Vtolds · 09-20-2004, 09:47 AM

and you want to hook it up to 2? if you just want to hook it up to 2 subs just put the wires in the same spot as your first sub. That should bridge the power. I may be saying this ass backwards been a while since I hooked up a amp.

Vtolds · 09-20-2004, 09:48 AM

Or is this what you mean you have 1 spot still open to put in the + and - wire in that case all you do is move one of the wires over to either the + or the - spot and it should bridge the amp.

09-20-2004, 10:00 AM

nah only want on sub hooked up but its not pushing all the power? its a 1600 watt amp and its only pushing 800 to my kicker

Vtolds · 09-20-2004, 10:12 AM

Do the Second post I did put one wire on positive on one side and negative pn the other. Can your kicker even take 1600 watts without exploding?

09-20-2004, 10:17 AM

i have the kicker solobaric L5 15 it hold 1500 watts but im not goin to push all 1500 i was just trying to get more then 800 goin to it

09-20-2004, 10:22 AM

and thanks for the info. i thought that is how you did it but wasnt sure and didnt want to mess anythin up

Vtolds · 09-20-2004, 10:39 AM

Iam pretty sure it is how you do it. :thumbsup:

09-23-2004, 01:28 AM

I am an installer at Best Buy and am MECP Certified......if you have a 2 channel amp and u wanna bridge it to 1 sub....first you have to know the impedence (ohm rating) of the sub..and what ohm rating the amp is most efficient at...if you dont, you can toast ur amp pretty quickly. To be honest, if your sub can handle 1500w..it's probably a dual voice coil sub..which, in that case you'd probably run a separate channel to each coil...it all depends on the specs of the amp and the sub. You can run it parallel or series it. For a good reference.. go to http://rockfordfosgate.com/rftech/ for some more help. Or, if you get your specs of everything, I can help you. To answer your first, basic, question: on the amp there should be the words "bridged" above the speaker channel outputs where the (+ and -) are. If not, you simply take the positive of the left channel and the negative of the right channel...boom, you're bridged.