Sunday, January 31, 2010

Simple Tips To Give Your Car Amplifier Extra Power

By Henry Woody

In this article let us learn How to Bridge Two Car Audio Amps in six easy steps and the advantages of bridging two car amplifiers with tips and warning for doing this job perfectly. Let us learn to get it right the first time itself because wrong connection may blow out the speakers or even burn the amps or sometimes in the worst case both may happen.

The easiest way to improve and enhance the sound of speaker is to connect two car amplifiers together . This also gives lot of power for bigger speakers such as woofers. We may need few things before we start doing this job . They are wrenches, pliers, wire strippers, wire rated for the amplifiers and of course the two amplifiers which we are planning to bridge.

The first step to be done before performing the task is to thoroughly check the manuals of both the amplifiers given by the manufacturer. Only the amplifiers which has got same characteristics like power etc can be bridged. If amplifiers with different power rating are bridged it may lead to malfunction or even damage to the amplifiers. Thus one should ensure that both these amplifiers have same power rating. In case there is any doubt of performing the task or in determining the match among the two it is better to drop the idea of bridging them both.

Then the supply of power is cut from the two amplifiers. This is done by removing the cable from the positive end of the battery of the car with the help of pliers or wrench. It can remain in such a way till the amplifiers are completely bridged.

While buying an amplifier please do check for the presence of the bridge switch. In most amplifiers it is present at the back edge of the amplifier which can be easily spotted. If it is not in bridge mode set it back to that mode. In the next step inch insulation is stripped off from the wire at both ends.

The insulation is then stripped for half an inch from both the ends of the wire. The wire is then connected between the two amplifiers. In one it is connected in the positive end of an amplifier and the other end is attached to the negative of the second amplifier. This is done by wrapping wire so that it surrounds the terminals. Then the knobs are screwed back to position. Generally there is colour code for the two terminals. The colours for negative and positive are black and red respectively.

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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