Why people not like strapping amps?

[ALPINE408]

if I strap my amps it would be 4 ohm not 2 anymore not all amps lower in ohms........

never heard of that in my life. What brand? which model?edit: even if true, sounds like a HUGE waste of time to strap, if your impedance goes up, ultimately making you lose some power...

The much loved stetsom amps lol they strap in parallel unlike most amps that strap in series it helped me go fro a dual 1 ohm sub to wire up to 1ohm straped vs .25 if it lowered ohms I did not want to be at .5 unstrapped or .25 strapped so in my situation it was perfect....

I'm still a frim beliver only strapp if you HAVE to

[meade916]

You guys need to stop getting hung up on the amp is seeing 1 ohm so it is same. Forget about that it is blinding you to the facts. No offense to anyone in this conforsation. Higher output voltage is better. Lower output current. 2 ohm final load is better then (2) 1 ohm loads.

nope.

its EXACTLY the same whether you strap, or not.

By themselves, a 1 ohm amp, on a 1ohm load is seeing 1 ohm.

strapped, 2 amps on a 2 ohm load, each amp is seeing 1 ohm. No difference at all other then more complicated wiring.

[meade916]

if I strap my amps it would be 4 ohm not 2 anymore not all amps lower in ohms........

never heard of that in my life. What brand? which model?edit: even if true, sounds like a HUGE waste of time to strap, if your impedance goes up, ultimately making you lose some power...

The much loved stetsom amps lol they strap in parallel unlike most amps that strap in series it helped me go fro a dual 1 ohm sub to wire up to 1ohm straped vs .25 if it lowered ohms I did not want to be at .5 unstrapped or .25 strapped so in my situation it was perfect....

I'm still a frim beliver only strapp if you HAVE to

2 amps, in parallel, on one coil? like pos/pos, neg/neg? that is some wild shit...i wouldn't do that without a fire extinguisher even if they said it was ok lol

[AMI CUSTOMS]

And what does your clamp meter say in both setups? Strapped and un strapped?

[meade916]

just like a 2 channel amp that is 1 ohm stable. In stereo, you can show it 1ohm per channel. If you bridge it, you can only show it 2 ohms.....but each channel SEE's one ohm, because it is bridged. Same exact amount of power.

[ALPINE408]

if I strap my amps it would be 4 ohm not 2 anymore not all amps lower in ohms........

never heard of that in my life. What brand? which model?edit: even if true, sounds like a HUGE waste of time to strap, if your impedance goes up, ultimately making you lose some power...

The much loved stetsom amps lol they strap in parallel unlike most amps that strap in series it helped me go fro a dual 1 ohm sub to wire up to 1ohm straped vs .25 if it lowered ohms I did not want to be at .5 unstrapped or .25 strapped so in my situation it was perfect....I'm still a frim beliver only strapp if you HAVE to

2 amps, in parallel, on one coil? like pos/pos, neg/neg? that is some wild shit...i wouldn't do that without a fire extinguisher even if they said it was ok lol

Ran it like that for over a year lol the amps did have to have a data cable connecting the amps when strapped for it to work... I guess so the micro processors could talk to each other

[meade916]

And what does your clamp meter say in both setups? Strapped and un strapped?

i didn't strap. No need. Total waste of time in my situation. I don't have more amplifiers, then coils, to hook them up to. If i had 16 amps and 8 coils, i would have to. But i have 8 amps and 8 coils so no need whatsoever.

[fritosaregood]

He doesnt clamp. Only AD-1s..

[Karkov]

Thank you everyone for the responses, appreciate it. Seems like 98%+ of people out there have no need to strap amps, also seems like other than a couple minute wiring reasons people would only strap because they simply *wanted* to. (minus having 2 amps, 1 coil)

[Raptorman]

What AMI is saying makes sense. Less current the better, but still the same power. There's no difference in power amount, but the strapped power is theoretically less harsh on coils. That's what I'm understanding I think.