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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: how much power?

Posted By: bigblackhoe
Subject: how much power?
Date Posted: August 01, 2004 at 1:00 PM

how much power will a kicker kx200.2 put out running at 1ohm bridged?



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Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: August 01, 2004 at 1:34 PM

Here is the manual.  Bridged minimum impedance is 4 ohms.  Output would be same as 2 ohm stereo, and that would be 150 watts output at 12.5 volts or 200 watts at 14.4 volts, depending on whether the car is running or parked.  With car running, if you are getting 14 volts (which is a little more realistic than 14.4), the output will be somewhat less than 200 watts.



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Posted By: bigblackhoe
Date Posted: August 02, 2004 at 3:33 AM
crap that presents a problem. my friend bought a 10" l5 and im not sure whether its 2 or 4ohm. he also bought that kx200.2 which was a bad idea but ive gotta work with it. correct me if im wrong but unless he bought a 2ohm l5, then hes going to have to wire the sub in series to get 8 ohms. what would happen if i were to bridge the amp and run it at 2 ohms?




Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: August 02, 2004 at 8:40 AM
Chances are, you'll fry it. Forget the bridging, run the amp in stereo, and wire a channel to each voice coil. Done. Nothing bad is going to happen to either the amp or the driver. Just do it that way, and be finished with the whole mess.

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Posted By: bigblackhoe
Date Posted: August 02, 2004 at 10:57 AM
you can do that huh? would that result in a final impedance of 2ohms for the 2ohm sub and 4ohms for the 4ohm sub?




Posted By: bigblackhoe
Date Posted: August 02, 2004 at 11:06 AM

oh and one more thing is this how you would wire it:

amp:                                         sub: 

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: August 02, 2004 at 11:54 AM
Bridged mono @ 4ohms will generate the same power as stereo @ 2ohms.

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