Just grabbed 2 Hifonics BG 3300.1ds and looked for a simple strait to the point video to make sure I don't blow a $600 investment and Holy Batman Robin! There are numerous vids of everything under the sun except for the basics and BAM I found this 6:09 video of pure Watch, Listen, an Learn! Thanks bro
Man that’s better than any google searches I’ve done trying to get a little rundown on strapping!!!! Thinking about doing it after I buy another amp got a hifonics brx3016.1D
Very good video. However, I know, but many people don't know, is the importance of a good charging system, when running this much power. Maybe do a video on it, perhaps?
If I have a BE2500.1D amp for my kicker CVR 12’S CAN I use it as my Master and then have my DS18 4 channel amp as my slave. ? Please help. My subwoofer are not working correctly and are Humming when stereo powers up . Mids and highs work but subs only humm loud and nothing else
this was very instructional. thanks for your video. very clear instruction and detailed on how to strap and all of the wiring components. Thank you for your video. There is a question though, can you do this with any amp that is able to strap together???
basically for the wires to the speakers would be 1 big loop pretty much both amps hook up negs together and run the positive to the speakers and then connect as you would a 2 ohm load or something like that. I'm not to familiar which ohm load but I'm sure u can do even the same as the amps with the svc subs or even single voice coil subs of the neg- connected to another. am I right?
Yes so that is basically spot-on because it doesn't really matter what subs or speakers you have hooked up as long as the amps are bridgeable and the ohm load is 2 ohms. People with really big balls will scrap the amps at 1 ohm or .5 ohms which cuts the impedance in half for each amp.
Anybody who does not understand this and trys this for the first time? Are gonna be sorry if you do not do your homework because you will burn your shit up! So be careful and do your homework write it down and show your diagram to a pro or someone who knows stereo installations can help you because you have alot of money invested n your system and Don't want to blow your shit up!!!! Good luck!!!!
@Corey Aaron So on my positive wire lead on my subwoofers, do I take the 1 positive wire connect it to the master positive? then take the 1 negative wire connect it to the slave? then do I use a extra wire to connect positive to positive to each amp? or do I just have to have 2 positive leads from subwoofers and two negative leads?
if i strap 2 amps together and im running 4 dual 4 ohm 15s do i wire all the subs pos to pos and neg to neg and just run 2 wires from the subwoofer box out to the amps
how do you correctly tune them as in the gains i have two hifonics brutus elite bex 2500 at 2 ohms they do 1700 rms i have a pair of subs that do 1100 rms so im gonna do one amp to each and power them woth a kenetic 3800 rms
So if there is not master/ slave switch you just use the amp that has positive to subs as your master and the one with negative to positive on your subs as the slave correct?
You'll need to check with the manufacturer for specifics. All amps that have a master/slave switch will be done like this which is a piece of cake. I have seen amps strapped without the master/slave switch though.
Though it is possible to strap two amplifiers together that do not have the master/ slave switch, I will not explain it because I would have to type out 20 full replies with the amount of space TH-cam gives you for comments. Above I posted a reply on how to gain match two amplifiers for a single dual voice coil woofer above, and how to set the gains and match them. The same concept would apply for two subwoofer setup with one amplifier powering each subwoofer.
So I've got a 100 watt kenwood amp powering two 4x10 speakers. How would I hook up a powered sub box to my radio with the 100 amp powering to two 4x10s?
if your head unit only has one set of RCAs out the back you'll need an RCA Y-Splitter to split the left/right channel into two sets. One set will go to your current amp, the other will go to your sub.
When I did that the bass decreased alot so now I running them separate rca cables and bass is super loud so I was wondering what the hell is going on with my amp!??? Please help
i have 2 planet audio 5150 amps on 8 12s ,first i had each amp wired 1ohm to each set of 4 subs and it played ok but when i strapped them together now when I turn the volume up loud the amps go in to protect mode until i turn it down some,any idea why
If you are still running two sets of one ohm loads strapped to your amplifiers, you are presenting each amplifier with a .25 ohm load. Sorry to say but planet audio does not make any piece of equipment capable of handling that low of a load. That is practically a dead short. Also if you do not have a sufficient charging system able to supply those amplifiers with enough current they will go into protect mode. You also need adequate cooling for your amplifiers as they will produce massive amounts of heat at that impedance, even more if you do not have the current to back the amplifiers up. In other words, step up your alternator game man! Extra batteries will not do anything except put more demand on your already taxed alternator. Capacitors are worse. Just go back to one ohm loads. That's the best advice I have.
Nathaniel Renner_I'm thinking either my subs are clipping or not enough alt power cause i can turn the remote bass knob down almost all the way down and they play just fine definitely need to upgrade alt tho,any idea where i can find a alt for about $200 for 2003 suburban c1500 5.7L
Those planet audio amplifiers you have probably do not even come close to doing their rated power, and if they did, one alternator alone would not be able to supply the current needed to support 10000+ watts. To figure out the size of the alternator you would need do the following: watts divided by volts = amps (aka current). Cars have 12 volt electrical systems. So in your case 10000 watts divided by 12 volts = 833.33 amps. That would require a multiple alternator setup to correctly power those amplifiers(since most high output alternators rarely exceed 370 amps). You could spend upwards of $2000+ to get the appropriate amount of current you need to power your system. Since you only have $200 that obviously will not work for you. If you get in touch with any of the alternator companies out there (mechman, excessive amperage, singer) they could build you around a 200 amp alternator for around $250 in the factory casing. Also you could always buy a refurbished alternator from autozone,
I also have a solution to get a 2 ohm final impedance out of your setup, which will allow you to properly strap your amplifiers, but it is much too difficult to explain via text, I have a diagram made for it, but I need to know how to send it to you.
You can send it to my email and believe it or not planet audio 5150 put out some good power i have 8 Pioneer pro 3500 watt each and 1000 watt rms each and has blown one already
it's a piece of cake really after you do it once or twice, Especially with the master/slave built-in. Tuning, filters etc are twice as easy! My other channel is StinkyArmpitBass!!
@@stinkyarmpitbass6259 Ok, thanks for the video man. Thanks for responding, this will make things a whole lot simpler for my install. One other thing though.... As far as the wiring, does that negative/positive stuff matter on the subwoofer end? You know when you wire in series or parallel to meet the ohm requirements. Thanks again 🍻💯✌🏾
+Corey Aaron Just because its strapped @ 2ohms doesnt mean they are 2ohms. Each amp is still seeing 1ohm thus not making your electrical be less stressed.
He is right, most of the time it is rare for subwoofers or speakers to be dead on their rated impedance. You also have to take into account that when the resistors and coils see voltage and increased temperature from said voltage, the resistance (ohms) changes as well. To measure this effect you will need 2 digital multimeters (dmm), and it is absolutely necessary that one multimeter has an amp (current) clamp. Clamp the positive wire going into the amplifier with one dmm on the dc amps setting (use the peak hold function if your dmm has it), and use the other dmm to measure voltage from output terminals of the amplifier using the a/c volts auto function. Divide the current by the voltage and you can calculate your impedance rise. Example you are at 2 ohms while just checking resistance with your dmm, you are drawing 100 amps of current and outputting 26 volts. 100/26= 3.84. Your rising to 3.84 ohms from 2 ohms.
Aspeaker rated at 4 ohms IMPEDANCE should read about 3.2 ohms D.C.RESISTANCE. Likewise a 2 ohm would be around 1.6 dc resistance. Resistance and impedance are two different things.
bro i need some help cause I'm still trying to understand the concept with the master being positive and the slave being negative so my question to you is will this method work for all strapping ? The amps that i have is 2 JL 500/1 and i want to push L7 4ohm Solo Baric
If your amplifiers do not have a master slave switch then they do not have the capability to do so. You could strap them without this function, but if you are having a hard time figuring out the configuration in the video I would rather not type out the short story to explain it. The very simple alternative is to just run one amplifier to each "set" of coils, then "daisy chain" the rca cables to each amplifier, or if your amplifier has signal in and signal out connectors, simply connect them to the corresponding amplifier (i.e. In to one amp from the head unit rca cables, then out to the other amp via the out terminal). The tricky part about this is to gain match the amplifiers perfectly, or you will damage your equipment. You will need a multimeter (preferably digital) to do this. If you do not know how to use a digital multimeter do not even attempt this. Adjust your gain on your first amp to clean, un clipped signal by
multiplying the wattage you believe you have by the resistance (ohms) load you are running to the amplifier from the subwoofers, then find the square root of that answer and you have the voltage you need to see from your output terminals on the amplifier (example: 1200 watts x 2 ohms = 2400. The square root of 2400 is 48.99, therefore I should expect to see 48.99 a/c volts coming from the output terminals of the amplifier). Using a 40hz 0db test tone playing at 3/4 volume on the head unit (most head units are clip free at this volume level), with the subsonic filter turned all the way down, the low pass filter turned all the way up, and the bass boost all the way off, slowly turn the gain slowly until you see the exact voltage in the calculations (that I just described) above, repeat the same process for the second amplifier and make sure you see the exact same voltage as the first amplifier. Set your filters and boost sparingly and boom, your safe for most all music. Enjoy! 👍✌️
+Nathaniel Renner I would never run an amplifier to each set of coils. By daisychaining the RCA cables through the output that is not really doing anything except for giving the second amplifier the same signal which to be done with a Y splitter and a number of other things. Also, what you wrote above about the alternative is cool but then again it's not really strapping at all. The point of strapping is to elininate having to gain match one amplifier to another and a countless number of other reasons. I tried to keep the video simple and specify the master slave strapping configuration. Thanks for the info, I'm sure someone will read it and it will help them.
dude you are a legend .....have two PRESENCE mono amps wanna strap together to run my HOLEE S 15" earthquake to its full potential.....would i need two batteries ? have a yellow top Optima ....
I don't know the details of your electrical setup but most of the time more batteries are a good thing. They do present a higher load on your electrical setup on your car (alternator demands) to keep the extra batts charged while hammering your system. On the flip side of the spectrum more batteries provide more amp hours and more potential juice on tap so if you at least have your big 3 and hopefully a high output alternator you should be good. My new channel I made is Stinky Armpit Bass, plz subscribe and let me know how I can help!
Amps x volts = watts. You need to account for amplifier efficiency too. You want to run 3000 watts? You have a 12 volt system? Watts divided by volts = amps. 3000 watts divided by 12 volts = 250 amps. No amplifier is 100% efficient. The best are 80-90% efficient, the worst are 30-40% efficient. What does this mean? Example: If your amplifier(s) is/are only 60 percent efficient, divide the wattage you desire by .6, 3000 divided by .6 = 5000. You need to put in 5000 watts to get 3000 watts out. 5000 watts divided by 12 volts = 416.66 amps. You need to have a charging capacity of at least 417 amps to run that setup correctly. If the amps (current) is not available, the voltage will drop. When voltage drops, amp (current) draw goes up. Not enough current you get more heat, which lowers efficiency of the amplifier, which creates heat, which destroys components. Extra batteries are like band aids on a gunshot wound, capacitors are worse. Invest wisely in electrical first (alternator, then
batteries) then purchase equipment matched to the charging capacity of your electrical system. The components in a car stereo system are only as strong as the weakest link in the chain. Hope this helps! ✌️👍😀
Fucking perfect fan box along with the hifonics led and dsign of the amp with the colorful power and ground wires. Good setup, I'm gonna copy this style but my amp(kicker cx 600.1) doesn't look that good especially the led's
Best one I have seen so far. I am runnin two SSL Ev4000 with two Massive audio 12" speakers. the amps com sith the slave switch, can I run mine just like you did????? and is that a cooling system you have your amps on??? if so I would love to see a video on how to make one or did you buy it
MacDisel100 thanks buddy, ya gotta check with the manufacturer to be 100% certain on strapping them! if they have the master/slave switch then probably but double check.
no prob, I couldn't find barely anything online about strapping using a master and slave combination so I decided to make an in-depth video in case anyone had questions. I hope it helped. Also, my new channel is Stinky Armpit Bass, please subscribe if you'd like and let me know if I can help with anything.
Looks like something I would do. I take amps out and put others back in too often to worry about neat wiring. To me it's all temporary, then off to the next experiment.
Dude finally... Thank you I have been trying to find a video like this. Everyone told me it cannot be done but I knew it could.
Negative to negative. Master positive to the positive of the speakers. Slave positive to negative of the speakers?
Just grabbed 2 Hifonics BG 3300.1ds and looked for a simple strait to the point video to make sure I don't blow a $600 investment and Holy Batman Robin! There are numerous vids of everything under the sun except for the basics and BAM I found this 6:09 video of pure Watch, Listen, an Learn! Thanks bro
Man that’s better than any google searches I’ve done trying to get a little rundown on strapping!!!! Thinking about doing it after I buy another amp got a hifonics brx3016.1D
I'm glad it helped!
CAN THIS BE DONE WITH 2 AMP (( NOT THE SAME ONE SMALL ONE BIG))) TO ONE SUB SPEAKER
Thanks so much this is going to help me hook my 2 amps up tomorrow
This was a very interesting video, something ill have to look into, thanks for the info!!!!
Can I use any single rca to run the 2 amps?
do you have to strapped them to get more power or can you just hook an amp to each sub
I know this came out along time ago, but what is in that box them amps are bolted too?!
Very good video. However, I know, but many people don't know, is the importance of a good charging system, when running this much power. Maybe do a video on it, perhaps?
How do you connect? The speakers is what I want to know if
How do you install a 4 channel amp with the strapped setup
Did you ever make that video how to tune them amp?
great video , couldn't find good info about the master controlling the gain, LPF, subsonic filter.
How did you make that box for your amp and is that a huge fan shit looks bad ass
My amp have a bridge out/ bridge in. But no slave/master switch. Are they still strappable?
Would that be 2 channel then when strapped?
Where did you purchase that fan box from?
If I have a BE2500.1D amp for my kicker CVR 12’S CAN I use it as my Master and then have my DS18 4 channel amp as my slave. ? Please help. My subwoofer are not working correctly and are Humming when stereo powers up . Mids and highs work but subs only humm loud and nothing else
this was very instructional. thanks for your video. very clear instruction and detailed on how to strap and all of the wiring components. Thank you for your video. There is a question though, can you do this with any amp that is able to strap together???
basically for the wires to the speakers would be 1 big loop pretty much both amps hook up negs together and run the positive to the speakers and then connect as you would a 2 ohm load or something like that. I'm not to familiar which ohm load but I'm sure u can do even the same as the amps with the svc subs or even single voice coil subs of the neg- connected to another. am I right?
Yes so that is basically spot-on because it doesn't really matter what subs or speakers you have hooked up as long as the amps are bridgeable and the ohm load is 2 ohms. People with really big balls will scrap the amps at 1 ohm or .5 ohms which cuts the impedance in half for each amp.
Anybody who does not understand this and trys this for the first time? Are gonna be sorry if you do not do your homework because you will burn your shit up! So be careful and do your homework write it down and show your diagram to a pro or someone who knows stereo installations can help you because you have alot of money invested n your system and Don't want to blow your shit up!!!!
Good luck!!!!
Can you you install two different brand amps together ??
No
@Corey Aaron
So on my positive wire lead on my subwoofers, do I take the 1 positive wire connect it to the master positive? then take the 1 negative wire connect it to the slave? then do I use a extra wire to connect positive to positive to each amp? or do I just have to have 2 positive leads from subwoofers and two negative leads?
Jay DaBassman huh? lol. gotta think about that tomorrow, too late
Good Video Bro You Explained Everything Very Well Thanks Man
thanks man!
Where all the amps switch on at the same time since the input and output rca wire will be connected on the 2 mono amps
Could you please explain as to how run 3 way component speakers "active" with help of 80prs..Perhaps a video.
I feel some type of way about the master and slave amps..... 🤣🤣Jp thanks bro
What if you have an amp that doesn't have these adjustments.
Is he saying "suave" or "slave"?
Suave
Were can i get the rca cord the singal one and whats it called
you can use any high quality rca cable, that's the beauty of it
What about wiring two different amps together
I like the clear caps you have over your rcas that aren't being used ..... did your amp come with those if not where can I find some???
came with them, not sure Bro
since my amps strapped are 2 ohms, do I wire my subs at .5 ohms to get the final load of 1 ohm from the amps?
nah, wire to 2 ohms then each amp sees 1 ohm
if i strap 2 amps together and im running 4 dual 4 ohm 15s do i wire all the subs pos to pos and neg to neg and just run 2 wires from the subwoofer box out to the amps
How did you wire your subs
Nice I have 2 of the same amps strapped but I call it bridged to 2 ohms running 2 18 soundqubed hdx3s and they bump hard low and loud.
if u have 2 amps the exact same Then u can strap ?
how do you correctly tune them as in the gains i have two hifonics brutus elite bex 2500 at 2 ohms they do 1700 rms i have a pair of subs that do 1100 rms so im gonna do one amp to each and power them woth a kenetic 3800 rms
Thanks for the vid man its helpful
Those amps are mounted on that box to cool them?
Reynaldo Serrano yes
So if there is not master/ slave switch you just use the amp that has positive to subs as your master and the one with negative to positive on your subs as the slave correct?
You'll need to check with the manufacturer for specifics. All amps that have a master/slave switch will be done like this which is a piece of cake. I have seen amps strapped without the master/slave switch though.
Though it is possible to strap two amplifiers together that do not have the master/ slave switch, I will not explain it because I would have to type out 20 full replies with the amount of space TH-cam gives you for comments. Above I posted a reply on how to gain match two amplifiers for a single dual voice coil woofer above, and how to set the gains and match them. The same concept would apply for two subwoofer setup with one amplifier powering each subwoofer.
Cool.
I got 2 amps.
One is 1500 watts.
The other is 4000 watts.
Both planet audio.
Will strapping work, ?
It has to be the same amp for it to work. You can't strap two different amps
So I've got a 100 watt kenwood amp powering two 4x10 speakers. How would I hook up a powered sub box to my radio with the 100 amp powering to two 4x10s?
if your head unit only has one set of RCAs out the back you'll need an RCA Y-Splitter to split the left/right channel into two sets. One set will go to your current amp, the other will go to your sub.
Can i strap or bridge any 2 of the same amps
As long as they have the feature
When I did that the bass decreased alot so now I running them separate rca cables and bass is super loud so I was wondering what the hell is going on with my amp!??? Please help
Can you strap two like amps without a master and slave switch on them?
I had the same question.... No reply:(
How to connect all that to eq and stereo
So helpful, thank you so much
Are them amps hard on power?
str8 rats nest
More like a Beavers Dam
i have 2 planet audio 5150 amps on 8 12s ,first i had each amp wired 1ohm to each set of 4 subs and it played ok but when i strapped them together now when I turn the volume up loud the amps go in to protect mode until i turn it down some,any idea why
what's the ohm load with the sub's wired up?
If you are still running two sets of one ohm loads strapped to your amplifiers, you are presenting each amplifier with a .25 ohm load. Sorry to say but planet audio does not make any piece of equipment capable of handling that low of a load. That is practically a dead short. Also if you do not have a sufficient charging system able to supply those amplifiers with enough current they will go into protect mode. You also need adequate cooling for your amplifiers as they will produce massive amounts of heat at that impedance, even more if you do not have the current to back the amplifiers up. In other words, step up your alternator game man! Extra batteries will not do anything except put more demand on your already taxed alternator. Capacitors are worse. Just go back to one ohm loads. That's the best advice I have.
master and swave?
the positive on the suave goes to the negative of the speakers?
yes
Eric Jones yes and no ehhhh
Nathaniel Renner_I'm thinking either my subs are clipping or not enough alt power cause i can turn the remote bass knob down almost all the way down and they play just fine definitely need to upgrade alt tho,any idea where i can find a alt for about $200 for 2003 suburban c1500 5.7L
Those planet audio amplifiers you have probably do not even come close to doing their rated power, and if they did, one alternator alone would not be able to supply the current needed to support 10000+ watts. To figure out the size of the alternator you would need do the following: watts divided by volts = amps (aka current). Cars have 12 volt electrical systems. So in your case 10000 watts divided by 12 volts = 833.33 amps. That would require a multiple alternator setup to correctly power those amplifiers(since most high output alternators rarely exceed 370 amps). You could spend upwards of $2000+ to get the appropriate amount of current you need to power your system. Since you only have $200 that obviously will not work for you. If you get in touch with any of the alternator companies out there (mechman, excessive amperage, singer) they could build you around a 200 amp alternator for around $250 in the factory casing. Also you could always buy a refurbished alternator from autozone,
I also have a solution to get a 2 ohm final impedance out of your setup, which will allow you to properly strap your amplifiers, but it is much too difficult to explain via text, I have a diagram made for it, but I need to know how to send it to you.
You can send it to my email and believe it or not planet audio 5150 put out some good power i have 8 Pioneer pro 3500 watt each and 1000 watt rms each and has blown one already
love to see you hook it all up
it's a piece of cake really after you do it once or twice, Especially with the master/slave built-in. Tuning, filters etc are twice as easy! My other channel is StinkyArmpitBass!!
🔴 Is this the same for all strapable amps❓❓❓✌🏾
As long as they are identical models/brands etc
@@stinkyarmpitbass6259 Ok, thanks for the video man. Thanks for responding, this will make things a whole lot simpler for my install. One other thing though....
As far as the wiring, does that negative/positive stuff matter on the subwoofer end? You know when you wire in series or parallel to meet the ohm requirements. Thanks again 🍻💯✌🏾
what are the advantages of strapping
tuning one amp, dividing box rise between two, wiring (strapping) at 2 ohms to let your electrical rest
+Corey Aaron Just because its strapped @ 2ohms doesnt mean they are 2ohms. Each amp is still seeing 1ohm thus not making your electrical be less stressed.
how many ohms your subs wire to
Michael cruser double out put power..if one amp is 5krms then strapped to identical amp...you get10k...rms
how would you tune to 1100 rms max
wat is your final ohm dead on 2? because on a meter my sub reads 1.7-1.6 u think that might be two low and kick off?
nah, it's close to 2 but speakers are rarely spot on the rated impedance
He is right, most of the time it is rare for subwoofers or speakers to be dead on their rated impedance. You also have to take into account that when the resistors and coils see voltage and increased temperature from said voltage, the resistance (ohms) changes as well. To measure this effect you will need 2 digital multimeters (dmm), and it is absolutely necessary that one multimeter has an amp (current) clamp. Clamp the positive wire going into the amplifier with one dmm on the dc amps setting (use the peak hold function if your dmm has it), and use the other dmm to measure voltage from output terminals of the amplifier using the a/c volts auto function. Divide the current by the voltage and you can calculate your impedance rise. Example you are at 2 ohms while just checking resistance with your dmm, you are drawing 100 amps of current and outputting 26 volts. 100/26= 3.84. Your rising to 3.84 ohms from 2 ohms.
Aspeaker rated at 4 ohms IMPEDANCE should read about 3.2 ohms D.C.RESISTANCE. Likewise a 2 ohm would be around 1.6 dc resistance. Resistance and impedance are two different things.
Very helpful thankyou
bro i need some help cause I'm still trying to understand the concept with the master being positive and the slave being negative so my question to you is will this method work for all strapping ?
The amps that i have is 2 JL 500/1 and i want to push L7 4ohm Solo Baric
all amps are different, some don't have the master or slave switch. Check with JL on that one!
If your amplifiers do not have a master slave switch then they do not have the capability to do so. You could strap them without this function, but if you are having a hard time figuring out the configuration in the video I would rather not type out the short story to explain it. The very simple alternative is to just run one amplifier to each "set" of coils, then "daisy chain" the rca cables to each amplifier, or if your amplifier has signal in and signal out connectors, simply connect them to the corresponding amplifier (i.e. In to one amp from the head unit rca cables, then out to the other amp via the out terminal). The tricky part about this is to gain match the amplifiers perfectly, or you will damage your equipment. You will need a multimeter (preferably digital) to do this. If you do not know how to use a digital multimeter do not even attempt this. Adjust your gain on your first amp to clean, un clipped signal by
multiplying the wattage you believe you have by the resistance (ohms) load you are running to the amplifier from the subwoofers, then find the square root of that answer and you have the voltage you need to see from your output terminals on the amplifier (example: 1200 watts x 2 ohms = 2400. The square root of 2400 is 48.99, therefore I should expect to see 48.99 a/c volts coming from the output terminals of the amplifier). Using a 40hz 0db test tone playing at 3/4 volume on the head unit (most head units are clip free at this volume level), with the subsonic filter turned all the way down, the low pass filter turned all the way up, and the bass boost all the way off, slowly turn the gain slowly until you see the exact voltage in the calculations (that I just described) above, repeat the same process for the second amplifier and make sure you see the exact same voltage as the first amplifier. Set your filters and boost sparingly and boom, your safe for most all music. Enjoy! 👍✌️
(Post Script: you will need to use your digital multimeter in the a/c volts auto function to read voltage.)
+Nathaniel Renner I would never run an amplifier to each set of coils. By daisychaining the RCA cables through the output that is not really doing anything except for giving the second amplifier the same signal which to be done with a Y splitter and a number of other things. Also, what you wrote above about the alternative is cool but then again it's not really strapping at all. The point of strapping is to elininate having to gain match one amplifier to another and a countless number of other reasons. I tried to keep the video simple and specify the master slave strapping configuration. Thanks for the info, I'm sure someone will read it and it will help them.
so you cant wire the subs to 1ohm since the amps are 1 ohm each?
You can, this is just a way to do it where you only have to set one gain and crossover instead of having to match the two identically.
dude you are a legend .....have two PRESENCE mono amps wanna strap together to run my HOLEE S 15" earthquake to its full potential.....would i need two batteries ? have a yellow top Optima ....
I don't know the details of your electrical setup but most of the time more batteries are a good thing. They do present a higher load on your electrical setup on your car (alternator demands) to keep the extra batts charged while hammering your system. On the flip side of the spectrum more batteries provide more amp hours and more potential juice on tap so if you at least have your big 3 and hopefully a high output alternator you should be good. My new channel I made is Stinky Armpit Bass, plz subscribe and let me know how I can help!
Amps x volts = watts. You need to account for amplifier efficiency too. You want to run 3000 watts? You have a 12 volt system? Watts divided by volts = amps. 3000 watts divided by 12 volts = 250 amps. No amplifier is 100% efficient. The best are 80-90% efficient, the worst are 30-40% efficient. What does this mean? Example: If your amplifier(s) is/are only 60 percent efficient, divide the wattage you desire by .6, 3000 divided by .6 = 5000. You need to put in 5000 watts to get 3000 watts out. 5000 watts divided by 12 volts = 416.66 amps. You need to have a charging capacity of at least 417 amps to run that setup correctly. If the amps (current) is not available, the voltage will drop. When voltage drops, amp (current) draw goes up. Not enough current you get more heat, which lowers efficiency of the amplifier, which creates heat, which destroys components. Extra batteries are like band aids on a gunshot wound, capacitors are worse. Invest wisely in electrical first (alternator, then
batteries) then purchase equipment matched to the charging capacity of your electrical system. The components in a car stereo system are only as strong as the weakest link in the chain. Hope this helps! ✌️👍😀
Fucking perfect fan box along with the hifonics led and dsign of the amp with the colorful power and ground wires. Good setup, I'm gonna copy this style but my amp(kicker cx 600.1) doesn't look that good especially the led's
lol
Best one I have seen so far. I am runnin two SSL Ev4000 with two Massive audio 12" speakers. the amps com sith the slave switch, can I run mine just like you did????? and is that a cooling system you have your amps on??? if so I would love to see a video on how to make one or did you buy it
MacDisel100 thanks buddy, ya gotta check with the manufacturer to be 100% certain on strapping them! if they have the master/slave switch then probably but double check.
MacDisel100 yo check this out
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If I'm not mistaken... bridging should be within a single amp and strapping should be 2 amps, 1 slave 1 master....
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Slap city nice box 🔊🔊‼️
The amp box with a cooling fan is fucking crazy 🤣🤣🤣 Also what is ur tint?
Sorry I meant to say add a 4 channel amp to the 2 strapped mono amps
so I got 4 DVc 4 ohm soundqubed hds3 sub's wired to a half ohm, how can I get 2 amps, let's say yours, down to a 1 ohm load
they are strapped at 2 ohms, 1 ohm each amp
do you think u could strap at 1 ohm
only if your amps can do 1/2 ohm each.
thank you very much :)
no prob, I couldn't find barely anything online about strapping using a master and slave combination so I decided to make an in-depth video in case anyone had questions. I hope it helped. Also, my new channel is Stinky Armpit Bass, please subscribe if you'd like and let me know if I can help with anything.
Good stuff! Thanks
And the vehicle hasn’t burned down yet?
Interesting setup but makes all common sense. double the wattage and share the load. Like taking two 12 volt batteries and making a 24 volt system.
yes sir
2 ohms got them wired pos to pos and neg to neg
2 15s ran to 1Ohm to a pair of strapped amps would give each amp a 0.5 ohm load and fuckin blow em ?
Point of strapping is ?
guys doesnt know the difference between bridging and strapping, were done here
The wires are messy.
very clear and helpful than you
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good video tho.
nice cable management lol
Yeah that was a bowl of spaghetti, real messy. It's all cleaned up now.
Looks like something I would do. I take amps out and put others back in too often to worry about neat wiring. To me it's all temporary, then off to the next experiment.
SWAVE ? what the hell is swave?
Lol, do what pal?
It's time to make these amp manufacturers politically correct. It's 2017 that Master/Slave stuff needs to stop.
S.T.F.U. with that bullsht.
Fkn gotta make sht about race.
well go figure his name is Black Panther.
Black you are correct 100% and not to mention the black wire is negative and white wire is neutral or positive.
Kelvin McGill
You the one that sounds Butt Hurt and went left field with with your racist rhetoric.
Idiots
Wiring looks like a birds nest…
rat nest
SLAVE it is pronounced SLAVE. I cant understand what the hell you are saying but it pronounced SLAVE!!!!
Lol, how do you say it again?