Can you bridge 2 different amps?

The short answer is that you can use any number or combination of power amps in a car audio setup as long as you wire them in properly. The most common reason to wire in multiple amps is to have one for your main speakers and a second amplifier for a subwoofer.

What does it mean to bridge an amp?

Primarily a live sound term, “bridging” is a means to configure a 2-channel amplifier to drive a single loudspeaker with more power than the two original channels. For example, a 100-watts-per-channel amp may output a single channel of 300 watts after bridging.

Does bridging amp lower ohms?

It is a well-known fact that each of the amplifier outputs of a bridge amplifier sees half of the load impedance (e.g., 2 ohms in the case of a 4-ohm speaker).

What Does bridging an amp do to the ohms?

Bridging is simply one option. If an amplifier is 2 ohm stereo stable (and therefore 4 ohm mono stable), it will produce the same power into a 2 ohm stereo load as it will into a 4 ohm mono load. This is because very few amplifiers (especially Class A/B amplifier) are capable of safely driving a 2 ohm mono load.

Is it better to bridge a 2 channel amp?

Bridging the channels increases the power output. An amplifier is usually bridged to combine two channels to power one subwoofer, or to combine four channels into powering two subwoofers.

What is 8 ohm bridged?

When bridging amplifier channels each channel of the bridged pair “sees” one half of the speaker load. This means that a bridged amp driving an 8 ohm speaker is actually operating into a 4 ohm load. Also, make sure your speakers are rated to handle the increased power that is provided by bridging.

Is 1 ohm a lot?

The standard definition of one ohm is simple: Its the amount of resistance required to allow one ampere of current to flow when one volt of potential is applied to the circuit. A single ohm (1 Ω) is actually a very small amount of resistance.

How many ohms is considered a short?

Very low resistance -- about 2 ohms or less -- indicates a short circuit.

What does a reading of 1 ohm mean?

Resistance is measured in units called ohms, represented by the Greek letter omega (Ω). The standard definition of one ohm is simple: Its the amount of resistance required to allow one ampere of current to flow when one volt of potential is applied to the circuit.

What does a reading of 0 ohms mean?

Resistance Resistance, symbolized by the (Ω) symbol and measured in Ohms, is a measurement of how well a current can travel through a circuit or a given path. A circuit with no resistance (0) would indicate a complete circuit, or one that has no short.

How many ohms is considered an open circuit?

Short circuits also have essentially zero resistance. Just as ordinary wire and short circuits can be considered to have zero resistance, insulators and open circuits can be considered to have infinite resistance, and in reality, theres no such thing as completely infinite resistance.