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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Extremely Simple Techniques How To Bridge A Car Stereo Amplifier

By Henry Woody

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.

With the help of this discussion things can be made for aspirants who want to connect it by themselves. The things that are required for bridging amps are a set of pliers, wire strippers, wrenches, wires that are capable of handling the power of the amps along with good quality amplifiers.

The first step is to carefully study the instruction manual to ensure which two amplifiers can be connected together. Power compatibility will determine if the bridge would be safe or not. Sometimes we may have a doubt if these two amps can be bridged. In that case don't make an attempt to do that as it may burn the amps. Safe bridging is very important or else the loss incurred from improper connection may become very expensive.

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.

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.

One must know how to bridge two car audio amps, using which he can improve his speaker sound easily. - 21393

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