Pardon my ignorance, but I don't know much about car audio. Got an unpowered Bazooka I'd like to hook up to this amp.

http://www.perssonoffroad.com/temp/amp.jpg

Only two wires can go into the sub, what's with all this "bridgable" stuff and four-channels on the amp? Obviously the sub will be mono, but how do I patch both sides in?
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Thanks!

[ 09-15-2001: Message edited by: Drew Persson ]

That amp is 4 channels which can be bridged (Combining the power of two channels to 1 output) to 2 channels. If the amp puts out 50 watt/channel, then by bridging the channels, you have 100 watts "bridged". So you might have 4 channe's @ 50 watts/ea or 2 channels @ 100 watts/ea
The amp probably won't handle bridging 4 channels to 1 so my recommendation is to hook your + and - wires to the ch1-ch2 bridged output, and leave the ch3-ch4 unused.
Just as long as you are only running 1 bazooka sub to it and that the sub in not powered!

brians right. make SURE it isn't a powered sub. the compounded watts would be like a lightning strike <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0">
black99

So I need to remove the two wires going to the bridged ch3 and ch4, and just use the two already hooked up to ch1 and ch2. But, I suspect this would only give me half of the stereo sound, so should I take the RCA imput cable currently on channel 3, and move it to channel 2? That way I'd have inputs on 1 and 2, and a 1&2 bridged output.
Maybe?

Originally posted by Shon A. Ivey:
<STRONG>brians right. make SURE it isn't a powered sub. the compounded watts would be like a lightning strike <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0">
black99</STRONG>

It's not, I'm sure of that much.

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[ 09-15-2001: Message edited by: Drew Persson ]

If I'm understanding this correctly, I could run the bass tube bridged off 1 and 2, and still run a pair of regular speakers off unbridged 3 and 4 right?

from the pic it looks as if the 3-4 bridge is a single speaker wire(looks like they are only split for an inch or so to ease the hook up) so i would assume the 1-2 bridge is a single speaker wire also(+,-) you will be fine hooking the 1-2 bridge to the bass tube. with a single sub stereo really isn't important.
black99

that answer was for the first question. you will be fine running ch 1-2 bridged and 3-4 seperate. make sure you have sufficient airflow. heat is a killer.
black99

Cool, thanks guys!

Dude, don't worry about the tunes, get that front solid axle installed and work on the stereo later! <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">

Daily driver, had to take out that huge twin 12" sub box that filled the rear end! Too much thump for me.
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8" b-tube is the ticket.

How much articualtion does the Bazooka give ya?
Jay

Originally posted by ROKTOY:
<STRONG>How much articualtion does the Bazooka give ya?
Jay</STRONG>

Depends which way you point it.
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