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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 07:04 PM
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Can I wire a dual 4 ohm sub to a bridged 4 ohm amp? What ohm load would that be?
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 07:16 PM
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Correct me if I am wrong, but some amps are also stable to 2 ohms. So you might be able to wire the sub in parallel (making a single 2ohm load) and hook the bridged amp up to that.
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 02:58 PM
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A dual 4 ohm sub would wire to 2 ohms in parallel or 8 ohms in series. 8 ohms is self-defeating. 2 ohms isn't good for the average bridged amp. An amp must be 1 ohm stable to be able to play a bridged 2 ohm load. A 2 ohm stable amplifier can only handle up to a 4 ohm load when bridged.
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 04:46 PM
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what amp and subs are you running, that info is needed to advise you here. some amps are not "stable" with a low load, but can chug along fine all day .. its all in the quality of the amp

you could just as easily run the amp one channel to each of the 4ohm coils .. and alomost ANY car audio amp will handle that with ease
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 07:12 PM
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2 ohms? there goes my plans. The woofer is a 10w6v2. So basically I need to get a mono amp? All 2 channel amps I've come across so far is bridged at 4 ohms. I was hoping to save some dollars by getting a 2 channel bridgeable amp instead of a mono amp. Looks like I'm forced to go for a mono amp.
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