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Old 08-15-2010, 10:03 AM
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A buddy of mine wants me to put some subs and an amp in his car. He's got 2 JL W3s (10 inch 2 ohms) and a pyle red elite PLA4180 4 channel amp. Specs for the amp are HERE . I was planning on bridging the amp to get more power, it's 125w rms per channel at 4 ohms so 250 rms x 2 if i bridge it. My only concern is that the subs are 2 ohms. My question is would i be able to bridge it still? If not, can i even use these subs with this amp? If i can how would i have to connect it? Thanks in advance

EDIT:: I found out its only 2 ohm stable in stereo mode, and not in bridged mode. What would be the best way to connect these to get the most power?

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Old 08-15-2010, 11:51 AM
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if you want to bridge down to 2 channels, you'll need 4 ohm subs. If you want to keep the 2 ohm subs, you can run 2 channels at 2 ohms each and not use the other 2 channels. Or, you could connect the subs in series for a single 4 ohm load, and bridge 2 channels to that, also not using the other 2 channels.
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alright thanks man
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Tell your buddy to get a beefy set of front components to use the other two amp channels. 125W per channel should do quite nicely.
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