i keep blowing my amp and my friend is having the same problem. he thinks it's because our amps (different amps, same subs) are only rated to 4 ohms bridged and when we bridge it it's a 2 ohm load. i thought my amp was rated at 2 but when i looked on the bottom of the amp it didn't give me a bridged rating. my amp is a rockford fosgate 700s from a couple years ago. any ideas as to where i can get some specs? rockford's website only had this year's and last year's last time i checked and mine's too old. thanks.


-john

chances are good the amp is stable in 2 ohm stereo, and your trying to run it at 2 ohm mono wich is causing it to fry. you could always send rockford and email, or call their tech support staff up. either should get you an answer.


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thank you jason. i'll give them a call in a little bit.


-john

What Jason said is correct. The amp is stable 2ohm stereo and only 4ohm bridged. If you are running it at 2ohm bridged, that is why you are blowing it.

Oh, and you can find the old owner manuals on the Fosgate website, just do a search for them. Hope this helps.



Mike Roth
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This manual work...?

http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/fattach_get.php?p_sid=V1ODrxDh&p_tbl=9&p_id=278&p_created=1083252061


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fosgates max power are always 2 @ 2 ohm or 1 @ 4 ohm bridged. always have been for a long time.



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Viper98912 wrote:fosgates max power are always 2 @ 2 ohm or 1 @ 4 ohm bridged. always have been for a long time.

Not always.



Mike Roth
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very good. thanks guys. i can always count on jbo when i have a question. i guess it makes a lot more sense now as to why i keep blowing it.


-john

yeah i smoked an old sherwood amp when i first got into audio because i thought 2 ohm was two ohm, didnt realise there was a diffrence between stereo and mono. nothing like your audio stopping and u pull over and pop the trunk, and see smoke pouring out of the fan hole lol. lesson learned qucikly that way lol.


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