Crunch Amp Question

[KevinH]

ok this may be a stupid question or im just to dumb to relize the answer to it, but on my buddies crunch 1500.1 mono amp, there are 2 sets of speaker outputs, if its a mono amp why are there two sets ? can anybody explain this to me?

[Kicker Guy]

for easier wiring, they are actually paralleled inside the amp

[KevinH]

oh that makes sense, so bridging it on the outside is doing the same thing?

[Kicker Guy]

oh that makes sense, so bridging it on the outside is doing the same thing?

yup

[KevinH]

and one more quetion, a bit off topic but if i have two subs wired for 1 ohm each and i bridge it at the amp does that give me a 1 ohm load on the amp or a .5 ohm load?

[Kicker Guy]

if each subs is 1 ohm.... and you wire them in parallel then the amp will see .5 (not good for your amp)

[KevinH]

ok thats what i thought, so i should leave the subs wired at 4 ohms each and bridge it at the amp and it should give me a 2 ohm load, or is there any way i can run two dual 4 ohm coil subs at 1 ohm on a mono amp?

[bassbaker15]

http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_c...sp?Q=2&I=42

[dr.db]

ok thats what i thought, so i should leave the subs wired at 4 ohms each and bridge it at the amp and it should give me a 2 ohm load, or is there any way i can run two dual 4 ohm coil subs at 1 ohm on a mono amp?

pos to pos/neg to neg per sub...then pos to pos/neg to neg at the amp...1ohm

Edited April 21, 2008 by dr.db

[bassbaker15]

the best thing to do, is look at the diagram i linked...that will show you your options.