Need help on amp wiring

[badt]

I have a kicker l7 15 inch and I have a Rockford p300-2 wired to it. Ive only got one side of the kicker hooked up bridged to my amp. I was playing to for around 30 mins pounding away and went to touch my amp and it was really hot. I got told that I have to wire it 4ohms bridged but dont know how. I have a positive/ negative on both sides of my box. Thanks

[badt]

Ohhh right ok, I think it's a dvc and Ive got the gain turned right up on the amp. It does sound good. What amp would you recommend me to get.

[ToNasty]

The rockfords get hot. My 400.4 gets pretty warm sometimes.

[badt]

Right well I don't know how to tell if it's a dv4 or dcv2, and I would love to get that kicker amp but it's only available in America. I live in the uk and its hard to get hold of decent amps

[badt]

I don't think so, how could I tell if what my kicker is? D4 or d2?

[badt]

Right ok, I've just changed the wiring so the amps not bridged and usin both positive/ negative on the sub. Don't sound as good but I don't want to damage my speaker

[badt]

Right ok thanks for all your help so far, think I need to find out what dvc my sub is. I think it's a d4 but want to be certain. I would like to get a Rockford but they are very expensive. So I need to look for an alternative.

[badt]

Yea it's in a prefab box, i do have plans on making my own box. You have helped me out a lot, I didn't know about the low pass and high pass. I will need to save up some money first then start buying. Thanks again mate. Much appreciated

[badt]

I had a look at the sub and it says Kicker Solobaric Sl715 2 then the ohms sign. This was on one side as I had a tourch and looked into the port. I have then been doing some reaserch and to wire it up to 4 ohms bridged I can link one side of the pos/neg together and the other side straight to the amp. Not sure if this is correct.

[badt]

I've connected both sides to my amp so both channels are running and it sounds alright. Not overheating but haven't tested it on a long journey