Hunter11

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These are the specs for my amp. I used to run 2 12's( 4 ohms each) off of it and bridge it and it would work for about a month or so and then it would go out. I had it fixed twice. I know for some reason it would go out because of the set up I was running. But, I was wondering if I could bridge it now that I am only running one 12(4 ohm) off of it. I just don't understand the ohm thing and why an amp goes out when it is bridged. Hopefuly these specs can help you out.

6 CH: 4 x 75 Watts RMS (4 ohms) [4 x 150 Watts peak] +2 x 150 Watts RMS Bridged (4 ohms) [2 x 300 Watts peak]

5 CH: 4 x 75 Watts RMS (4ohms) [4 x 150 Watts peak] + Bridged 150 Watts RMS (4 ohms) [300 Watts peak]

4 CH: 4 x 75 Watts RMS (4 ohms) [4 x 150 Watts peak] 4 x 100 Watts RMS (2 ohms) [4 x 200 Watts peak]

3 CH: 2 x 75 Watts RMS (4 ohms) [2 x 150 Watts peak] Bridged 150 Watts RMS (4 ohms) [300 Watts peak]

jmax

You can bridge one pair of the channels to the 4 ohm sub. You will have 4 channels left over for mids and tweets.

Hunter11

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So your saying that I can bridge my amp and it not eventually mess up?

nismos14

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yeah ur doing something wrong with the wiring, that why u kept blowing it out, or its a very bad quality amp what kind of amp is it?

Hunter11

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I am bridgeing it right. It probably is the quality of the amp b/c it is a Jenson. It is the XA6040LX. Even thogh it is a Jenson it is pretty decent,at least I think so. I know there is better but my budget doen't think so, I am just working with what I have right know. I have had it for about 4 years too.

So is the combination of the ohms of the sub and the amp specs messing it up or is it just a shiity amp?

Also, do you think it will make a difference now that I am only running one sub?

nismos14

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if it was a pretty good amp, it wouldnt have needed fixing twice.....

consider getting a new amp check out the soundstreams here http://www.millionbuy.com/caudio-amp-sos.html

Vortex SE

Your original setup was wrong and therefore causing your amp to burn. When you were bridging to the two 12s (4 ohms each) your amp was seeing a 2 ohm load and probably was not stable at 2 ohms for long periods of time.

Now you would be bridging to one 12 and the amp would be seeing a 4 ohm load. Which it is stable at that load. Keep this setup with the hardware you have now.

Later...Vortex SE

Hunter11

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Thanks for the info,I will see if it will work right now. If it doesn't, it is time for a new one.


And nismos14 you probably right if it was good it wouldn't need fixing.