Straight thru or bridged?

[Hollywood]

180rms x 2 at 4 ohms.

This is what threw me, I get it now thanks guys. Series + bridged.

[RJP56]

So I would run one set of wires from + on channel 1 and - on channnel 2 which are bridged too one set of speakers wired in series, and + on channel 3 and - on channel 4 to the other set of speakers in series. Will I have to turn the gain down a little so I don't overpower the speakers?

[TravisFling]

You are correct, and then you'll take a wire from the empty speaker terminals and connect them together. so speaker 1 neg to speaker 2 pos, speaker 3 neg to speaker 4 pos. speaker 1 pos goes to channel 1 pos, speaker two neg to channel two neg, channel three pos to speaker three pos and channel four neg to speaker 4 neg. Mike is right, otherwise you're basically running redundant wires.
Start with your gains down around 10% and turn them up until you hear clipping, and then back them off a hair.

Like I said in my first post, the series nets an easier load for the amp to handle. Series plus bridged gets you good power and enough resistance.

[RJP56]

Thank You very much Gentlemen! :grin:

[RJP56]

After spending most of the weekend stuffed under the observer's seat and down under by the drivers kickplate my system is installed! Sounds awesome! Thanks again!

[RJP56]

Gee! I guess you guys were right. After a few adjustments to speaker angle to cover the sound outside the wake, I have everyone on our lake stopping by and asking who installed the sound system.

[TravisFling]

That's what we're here for! Glad it worked out...