Simple Tips To Give Your Car Amp Extra Power
Written by Nell Harrison   
Sunday, 31 January 2010 08:43
People who like to listen to loud music are the ones who are likely to bridge car amplifiers. By doing this the volume of the audio is increased to a great extent and also improves the clarity of the sound. More power is also provided to the speakers. Its function is similar to that of the subwoofer. The very important fact is that the connection should be done properly the first time before testing it. It is very important to know how to bridge two car audio amps since if the connection is done in the wrong way damages can be made to speakers and also the amps itself. Due to the high power the circuits can get burnt and damage it.
by NellHarrison


People who like to listen to loud music are the ones who are likely to bridge car amplifiers. By doing this the volume of the audio is increased to a great extent and also improves the clarity of the sound. More power is also provided to the speakers. Its function is similar to that of the subwoofer. The very important fact is that the connection should be done properly the first time before testing it. It is very important to know how to bridge two car audio amps since if the connection is done in the wrong way damages can be made to speakers and also the amps itself. Due to the high power the circuits can get burnt and damage it.

There are few tools required for doing this process. It includes pliers, 2 car audio amps, wire strippers, wrench, wire rated for the amplifiers. These tools will help in the accomplishment of task in a simpler way and easier way too.

Utmost care must be taken before buying the amplifiers. The manuals must be thoroughly read and must be made sure that both the amplifiers that are purchased can be bridged. If they can be bridged the amplifiers can be bought. If it is not sure then it is advised not to buy those.

Next step is to stop the power supply to the amps. Power supply to the amps can be stopped easily by disconnecting the positive cable from the battery of the car. This should be done before any connections are made. To remove the cable we may take help of the wrenches and pliers. Power supply should be completely stopped till our work is completely done .

The amplifiers are always provided with a switch the back side. Check fir the switch and turn it to the bridge mode. This will make it possible to bridge two amps.

Every amp has a positive terminal and a negative terminal . For easy identification red color terminals are positive and black are for negative terminals. Next step is to make a connection between positive terminal of one of the amps with one end of the wire. The other end of the wire is attached to negative terminal of another amp. Make the connections tight by screwing the knobs. This process is called bridging of amps.

The other terminals that are free are connected to the speakers. The positive end of one of the two amplifiers is connected to positive end of the speaker. Similarly, the negative end of the amp is connected with the negative end of the speaker.

With this article the question of how to bridge two car audio amps becomes easy. Though the instructions are enough to carry out the bridging it is very important to keep in mind that if there is any uncertainty the bridging must not be done. Since this might lead to damage in the speakers and also the amplifiers.

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