Best way to power 1 SVC sub with 4 ch amp

Thanks for the replys you guys..  But hypothetically what would happen in this case..

SVC 4 ohm sub.

with a 2 CH amp rated at the following.

2 x  100 Watts RMS  @ 4 ohms

1 x 200 Watts RMS @  2 ohms stable (2 ch bridged into 1)

Now... I have a 4 ohm sub right, so what would happen to the power/resistance if I were to hook it up bridged to the amp with the connection that was ment for a connection running at a 200 watts @ 2 ohms

if you mean the amp you are using is rated for 200 watts briged at 2 ohm, and you run a single 4 ohm sub bridged? the amp's rated power will be cut in half so the 4 ohm sub will see 100 watts. and remember always look at the RMS figure and not the "PEAK" rated power. on both amp's and sub's.

Dyon, your probably right about that.  I was just using a hypothetical example..  I wasnt really thinking of any amp in particular, I just wanted to ask what would happen if you ran a 4 ohm sub in a amp wired for 2 ohms.

Ahh I see..  

Well I still dont understand one last thing, can somebody please tell me why I cannot run 1 to 4 bridged? (aka, + from ch 1, and - from ch 4) and simply use both sides of the amplifier?? I am sure there is some advantage in using both sides of the amplifier, then just running 1+2 CH bridged and using only ONE side of the amplifier? Can somebody please explain with a reason if I cannot do this, other then I will get full distortion?  I know I will not see 2 ohms, it will still run at 4 ohms.. but will it not run better using both sides of the amplifier?

menace2sobriety wrote: to put it simply amps are not designed to do what you are asking. unless its a master/slave amp (strapping). im not saying you cannot try this. i did somthing like that when i first got interested in c/a and  thought under the dash  power boosters were the way to go. way back in the good ole days  i had two booster wired them together. i took the R/F+ from 1 and L/F- from the other. it cranked loud  but it sounded like crap.  and i believe you will get the same results.

Okay it will sound like crap, sounds like a fair answer.. but care to explain the physics behind it?  Like what causes it to sound like crap?

And if a single SVC sub isint gonna work well, Would a single DVC subwoofer be able to use the full potential of this amplifier? by somehow using All 4 channels efficiently?