how to hook up 2 amps to one sub?? eh???

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Blaze Placid
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SO my 1100d has let the smoke out and is no lionger with us (rip 5-22-06) =(____

Well i was gonna buy another amp to add to the one i have now,

the amp is about 400 rms and the amp im gonna get is about 400 also.

the "main" amp has preouts to add another amp so thats not hard.

How would i wire the sub in??? its a DVC 4 ohm so its a 2 ohm final

Would i wire a set of wires to one amp then another set to the second amp???

thats the only part in confused about ,anyone done this before?

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addiction2bass
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if the amps aint bridgeable then i wouldnt try it.....
maybe with each amp off each voice coil.... then youd still hate to match the amps.

if i was you id just wire the amp to the sub like it can handle and just save up some cash to get yours fixed or replaced.

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Blaze Placid
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well i mean the amps are both mono block amps

and there is only a single set of wires comeing from both voice coils

like wire one set of wires to 2 amps

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GA Loan
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if they are bridgeable monoblock amps you can strap the 2 amps together. if they are bridbeable there will more than likely be a switch on the amps that says master/slave. you set 1 as the master amp & run the rcas to the inputs on this amp.. there will be another set of rcas that will have in/out on them. run another rca from the out of the master amp to the sinlge rca that says in of the other amp and set it as a slave. take an 8gauge wire and strap the - output of both amps together. the + output of the master amp will be the + speaker lead, & the + output of the slave amp will be your - speaker lead. this is the most common way d class amps are straped together. both amps have to be the same brand, same model, & the same wattage to be able to do this.

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hulioshonda
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or it's MORE SMOKE

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