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Posted: July 28, 2006 at 10:07 PM / IP Logged

If say you have a 2 channel amp and it is running bridged to a 2 ohm load, the amp in essence does indeed see it as a 1 ohm stereo load and 99.99999999 percent of amplifiers will not like this kind of load.

4 ohm stereo = 8 ohm mono

2 ohm stereo = 4 ohm mono

1 ohm stereo = 2 ohm mono This is what he is talking about.

.5 ohm stereo = 1 ohm mono.

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A stereo amplifier is the same as two amplifiers in one chassis. When they are bridged together, the two amps are sharing one load. Each of the two amps must be able to handle 1/2 the impedance of the total load. If the total load is 4-ohms, 4-ohms is being shared between two amps. 1/2 of 4-ohms is 2-ohms. Each amp must be stable with a 2-ohm load. 4-ohm mono, if connected to a bridged stereo amp, is the same load as a 2-ohm stereo load.

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DYohn...very simply stated...like two kids sharing a twix..if theres two twix than each kid gets one

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wow i knew that already but i still feel like i learned sumthing thnx i am fixing to do the same thing as the installer

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