bridging an amp

[teg9five]

i know this is kind of a dumb question but how do i bridge my amp? i think i know how but im not positive and i know its real simple to do. im just afraid ill do it wrong and blow my subs or something so i wanna just double check before i go head and do it.

 

[Ominous G2]

bridging an amp means taking the positive from one channel and the negative of the other and running them to one speaker.

I'm gonna try to find a diagram.

 

[teg9five]

ok i thought so. cause i believe my amp is labeled like that. like the two outter + and - are labeled by a bracket that says "bridged". so say the outside two would go to my left sub and then the inner two would go to the right sub correct?

and i also hear that bridging your amp can be bad. whats that about? im not an electronic or audio wiz... i only know the basics. can anyone explain that to me? im curious

 

[Ominous G2]

Are you bridging a two channel amp to two subs??

Are the subs DVC?

 

[teg9five]

Are you bridging a two channel amp to two subs??

Are the subs DVC?

yeah its a 2 channel amp and 2 subs. what do you mean DVC? i dont actually know any of the specs on the subs. i bought them already mounted in the enclosure so they didnt come packed away in a box with details about them. but they are 12 inch earthquakes.

 

[TegSox]

the two outter + and - are labeled by a bracket that says "bridged". so say the outside two would go to my left sub and then the inner two would go to the right sub correct?

No, you don't hook up anything to the inside two!

and i also hear that bridging your amp can be bad. whats that about?

There's nothing wrong with bridging an amp, unless it's not made to be bridged, but yours obviously is by what you told us.

On your speaker box, does each sub have its own terminal? Or is there just one that runs both subs?

DVC means dual voice coil.

 

[teg9five]

well im not sure if theyre DVC or not. im not positive of the model either but i have one of the following three if it helps any. and yeah each one has its own + and -

MODEL: DBR-12
600 MAX
Fs = 27Hz
Qts = 0.6339
Vas = 3.19 cubic ft
Sen = 90dB
2" polymide coil (4 ohms)
50 Oz magnet
Santoprene surround

MODEL: DBXR-12
1000-W
12" cast subwoofer
Single voice coil 4-ohm
2.5" voice coil, aluminum bobin
MAX Power 1000 Watts
120 Oz double stacked magnet

MODEL: DBXR-12D
1000-W
12" cast subwoofer
Single voice coil 2 x 4-ohm
2.5" voice coil, aluminum bobin
MAX Power 1000 Watts
120 Oz double stacked magnet

 

[Ominous G2]

Might be able to wire them parallel.

 

[teg9five]

Might be able to wire them parallel.

i should be able to. it says my amp is 2 ohm stable or whatever. and im not all that sure how to do that either. do you just take the ends of the 2 speaker wires and put one pair in the positive and run them to the positive on each sub and then do the same with the negitive? i still dont know how to bridge them though. which is better?

 

[Ominous G2]

Rockford fosgate had a good diagram for you.

 

[teg9five]

ok so basically i have to take 2 speaker wires and like splice them together at one end and run that to the amp. then with the other end... run each wire to each of the + or - depending on which i used on the amp? then do the same with the other side

so basically ill have two speaker wires in one +/- instead of just one in each?

 

[Ominous G2]

Cant remember what its called when bridge the amp.

Run the positive to one sub the negative to the other.

Then put a wire from the empty positive to the empty negative.

Is that series???

 

[teg9five]

yeah thats series i believe