How to wire bridged stereo mode??

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Jun 30, 2005 | 04:16 PM

technine

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How to wire bridged stereo mode??

My current amp says 2ohm stable bridged stereo mode or at least that is what they car stereo shop told me when I got it many, many years ago. I am gonna hook up a DVC 10" to it that has dual 4ohm vc. I wired it for 2 ohms, but before I go blowing fuses or worse, how do I configure my amp for bridged stereo mode?? Should I just move the selector to stereo and bridge it?

Jul 1, 2005 | 01:32 PM

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Re: How to wire bridged stereo mode?? (technine)

What make and model is your amp?

Jul 1, 2005 | 02:20 PM

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Re: How to wire bridged stereo mode?? (IROSOLO)

really old Alpine, I think it is 3542. Do I just bridge to two channels and then switch the selector to stereo?

Jul 2, 2005 | 11:55 AM

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Re: How to wire bridged stereo mode?? (technine)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by technine »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">really old Alpine, I think it is 3542. Do I just bridge to two channels and then switch the selector to stereo?</TD></TR></TABLE>Your amp is not stable at 2ohms when bridged, in stereo yes, 60watts rms x 2 into 4ohms, 80watts rms x 2 into 2ohms or 160 watts rms x 1 into 4 ohms. The input mode switch has to be set on L+H if you are bridging and have both RCAs plugged in, if the switch is in the L(mono) position, the speaker output must be bridged and you can plug a RCA into the left RCA input only, [this was so you could use two of the amps, one for left and the other for right] DO NOT use the L(mono) any other way

This is not the amp to use for the subs you have, wiring it to a 2ohm load will only damage it, or at the least trip the thermo switch

Jul 7, 2005 | 02:49 PM

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Re: How to wire bridged stereo mode?? (fcm)

Thanks fcm. I was thinking the guy might've ment just hooking it up in stereo mode. Maybe I was just thinking I heard "bridged stereo mode" when he actually said stereo mode.

Jul 8, 2005 | 08:05 AM

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Re: How to wire bridged stereo mode?? (technine)

bridging a 2 chan amp hmm...

+ from 1 chan and - from the other chan = plug it into sub

Jul 8, 2005 | 08:44 AM

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Re: How to wire bridged stereo mode?? (technine)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by technine »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thanks fcm. I was thinking the guy might've ment just hooking it up in stereo mode. Maybe I was just thinking I heard "bridged stereo mode" when he actually said stereo mode.

</TD></TR></TABLE>YW, in it's day it was a top rated amp, it still walks all over most amps of the same wattage today.