4 ohm to 2 ohm on amp?

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i have two 4ohm subs and tryin to hook it up in bridged mode to my amp but how do i make it so that the amp sees it as 2 ohms?

kenwood subs 12' 1200 watts each.
im tryin to make it 2 ohm bc i will get more bump (power) from my subs. or so ive been told?
my amp is also a kenwood kac 7204 1000 watts
 
You can't wire your subs up to 2 ohm when bridged. Your amp is not stable at that load so you shouldn't try to wire it up that way. You can either wire one sub up to each channel or you can wire the subs in parallel on one channel. That would be pointless because it would be less power then it would if you ran one sub off of each channel.

That is assumming your subs are 4 ohm SVC. If they are DVC then you can wire each sub up to 2 ohms on each channel.

Good Luck!!!
 
You can't wire your subs up to 2 ohm when bridged. Your amp is not stable at that load so you shouldn't try to wire it up that way. You can either wire one sub up to each channel or you can wire the subs in parallel on one channel. That would be pointless because it would be less power then it would if you ran one sub off of each channel.

That is assumming your subs are 4 ohm SVC. If they are DVC then you can wire each sub up to 2 ohms on each channel.

Good Luck!!!
 
I'm not even going to attempt to see if your amp can handle the load, you can read the manual yourself.

but anyway, if they are single voice coil subs (1 set of terminals) you could wire them up in parallel to get a 2 ohm load.

So it would be:
(amp) +ch1 to +sub1
(amp) -ch2 to -sub1
+sub 1 to +sub2
-sub1 to -sub2

OR

run 2 sets of wires from the same bridged channels from the amp to each separate sub.
 
What model subs do you have.
If they are 4ohm SVC then you can't bridge them to the amp at 4ohms,and that amp won't handle a 2ohm load when bridged.
 
You can't bridge that amp at 2 ohms... it will create a 1 ohm load and you will fry your amp.
 
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