Sub wiring question
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: July 09, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Topic: Sub wiring question
Posted By: superstreet786
Subject: Sub wiring question
Date Posted: February 29, 2004 at 2:49 AM
Im almost 100% sure that this is not possible but I thought Id ask all you guys anyways. I have 4 12" Lightning Audio subs in my trunk. 2 are 200RMS and 2 are 300RMS, well all 4 subs are 8 ohm and is there anyway at all to take all 4 subs to 4 ohm so i could bridge them and put my amp in mono. I have a 600watt RMS Lightning amp. Right now i have them in pairs, 2 in one channel and 2 in another, id like all 4 subs to just bridge. Lemme know if this is possible. Thanks
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---- 1996 Chevy S10 ----
1 Lightning Audio S2.600.2 Amp
2 Lightning Audio 12" Subs
1 Lightning Audio 1 Farad Cap
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: February 29, 2004 at 10:09 AM
You have them connected the best way for that amp. 4 @ 8-ohms will give you a 2-ohm load with them all in parallel. Get a better amp that will handle the 2-ohm load. Oh by the way, your amp is a stereo amp, not a "mono block.".
Posted By: soccer_aholic
Date Posted: February 29, 2004 at 2:27 PM
Hey DYohn, he never said he had a mono block, where did you get that? so i don't know why you made that little comment. He said he wanted to bridge it so he could run it mono, instead of stereo ------------- Soccer_aholic
Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: February 29, 2004 at 4:09 PM
Do not bridge the amp to mono with an all parallel load, this will lead to certain death for this amp. Either continue running the sub in a parallel - stereo configuration or as Dyohn correctly suggested a mono amp that will operate at 2 ohms (or 1 ohm) that will give the proper amount of power. The Lightning Storm x1.1000.1d is a great amp if you are a Lightning fan.
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Posted By: wvsquirrel
Date Posted: February 29, 2004 at 7:54 PM
soccer_aholic, look in the guy's footer. He lists "1 Lightning Audio S2.600.2 Mono-block Amp". ------------- Squirrel
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Posted By: F1Jim
Date Posted: February 29, 2004 at 8:50 PM
soccer_aholic wrote:
Hey DYohn, he never said he had a mono block, where did you get that?
Read his sig.
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