rockford punch amp bridge

I have the Punch Amp i want to bridge And i need help. Its 1 channel.   + - +-  i ran the  first + to the speaker and the last - to the speaker. Tell me if this is the way to bridge the amp thx.

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LESHKA

Its one channel? But has two sets of hookups? Doesnt make sense, looks like a two channel. If its a two channel then yes, the positive from 1 side and the negative from the other side is how you bridge. What amp is it, model?

Bridging an amp takes 2 channels and makes them 1. Your amp is a 1 channel amp    you can not bridge it.

punch p325.1 the model

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LESHKA

Yup, mono amp, you can't bridge it.

there are several companies now that have two sets of terminals on mono amps so that its easier to hook up multiple speakers.  and they are correct, the amp only has one channel...there's nothing to bridge.

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what subs you running ?   sounds to me you need to know what ohm load to run.

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Mono amps are already internally bridged. B/c it has 2 sets of terminals (if it's 2ohm stable minimal) then hooking 2 -4ohm speakers (one to each terminal) is the same as hooking 1 2ohm speaker to either terminal.

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Actually I know someone with that amp and it is a mono amp and SAYS on it that if you do like he said, far left positive with far left negative, makes it bridged. He ain't lyin. Rockford must be.

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"far left positive with far left negative" -This would be one 'side'.

Mono amps are already internally bridged. B/c it has 2 sets of terminals (if it's 2ohm stable minimal) then hooking 2 -4ohm speakers (one to each terminal) is the same as hooking 1 2ohm speaker to either terminal.

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eh hem.. i wasnt disagreeing with it cant be bridged. my friend has this amp and it SAYS on it that it's bridgeable and thats how to bridge it.

yeah its far left positive and far RIGHT negative. my bad.

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it is impossible to bridge a mono amp, regardless of what your friends amp says on it.  bridging an amp requires 2 channels because bridged channels are the sum of the two combined channels.  it cannot be done on a mono amp as there is only one channel.  the only reason there are two terminals is for convenience of hooking up two speakers without having to twist the ends together or sticking two wires into one terminal...no other reason.

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"If a man made it, another can modify it...it just takes some thinking."
"If you ask questions, you're a fool for 5 minutes; if you don't, you're a fool for a lifetime."

Lots of Rockford mono amps have inputs for mutliple speakers and they LOOK like they have muiltiple channels. This is done just for the convenience of not having to cram lots of speaker wire into just one positive and one negative. It is just one channel and therfore the term "bridged" does not apply.

The inputs are probably labled A and B not 1 and 2. That's how it is on my RF Power T10001bd.

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Big3 in 1/0G
1/0G to GTO14001