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That sub has a 4 ohm coil. I am unsure of your amps specs, so I would say that bridging is not the way to go. If I am not mistaken when your doing that the amps is seeing a mono load (correct me if I am wrong guys), and the amp doesn't like that. I would wire the sub directly into one channel on the amp. The output won't be the same, but you will be able to turn it up.

brent wrote:That sub has a 4 ohm coil. I am unsure of your amps specs, so I would say that bridging is not the way to go. If I am not mistaken when your doing that the amps is seeing a mono load (correct me if I am wrong guys), and the amp doesn't like that. I would wire the sub directly into one channel on the amp. The output won't be the same, but you will be able to turn it up.

Yeah I did that it still beat but it dosent sound full I guess Imma have to do that until I can get another amp

brent wrote:That sub has a 4 ohm coil. I am unsure of your amps specs, so I would say that bridging is not the way to go. If I am not mistaken when your doing that the amps is seeing a mono load (correct me if I am wrong guys), and the amp doesn't like that. I would wire the sub directly into one channel on the amp. The output won't be the same, but you will be able to turn it up.

Actually he has it wired right. If its a single 4 ohm coil, and he has it bridged mono, then that is correct. Amps don't mind seeing a mono load, they don't like seeing a resistance thats lower than they can handle. In the case of this amp, 2 ohms bridged.

So we can move on to the next step. I would try turning your gain down, and start checking wires. Hopefully we can find something there, but I have a feeling its probably still the amp.

JeremyC wrote:Actually he has it wired right. If its a single 4 ohm coil, and he has it bridged mono, then that is correct. Amps don't mind seeing a mono load, they don't like seeing a resistance thats lower than they can handle. In the case of this amp, 2 ohms bridged.
So we can move on to the next step. I would try turning your gain down, and start checking wires. Hopefully we can find something there, but I have a feeling its probably still the amp.

I was under the impression that some amps can run 2 ohms stereo, but not mono. I was thinking this was the prob. Atleast now we can move on.

I would still suggest trying to run it at 4 ohms to see how the system reacts, but as Jeremy said, there is another problem if it is not the amp itself.

brent wrote:I was under the impression that some amps can run 2 ohms stereo, but not mono. I was thinking this was the prob. Atleast now we can move on.

Most 2 channel amps can run 2 ohms stereo, but not 2 ohms bridged. I only know of a handfull that can run 2 ohms bridged, and they were built like tanks.

Either way, the coli is 4 ohms so the amp should be able to handle it. If not the amp has a problem and needs replaced.

Darolla wrote:Yeah I did that it still beat but it dosent sound full I guess Imma have to do that until I can get another amp

That is because the power sent to the sub is half what you were seeing before. More resistance (ohms, impedance) means less power.

JeremyC wrote:Actually he has it wired right. If its a single 4 ohm coil, and he has it bridged mono, then that is correct. Amps don't mind seeing a mono load, they don't like seeing a resistance thats lower than they can handle. In the case of this amp, 2 ohms bridged.
So we can move on to the next step. I would try turning your gain down, and start checking wires. Hopefully we can find something there, but I have a feeling its probably still the amp.

How do I turn the gain down???

you turn the gain dial on the amp counterclockwise

two4fifteen wrote:you turn the gain dial on the amp counterclockwise

Alright imma try that