I am restoring an orange 6x12 cab. Does anybody know what impedance it was rated at originally? The little "ohm tag" is missing.
I am going to put six 16 ohm greyback celestions in it. what are my options for the final impedance? Is 4 or 8 ohms possible? Any tips on working with the basketweave grill cloth would be welcome.
orange 6x12cabinet
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I don't think it can be done with all 16's! 3x16ohms and 3x32ohms can give you 16ohms.
What is the final impedance you want. 8 or 16?
See if this can help you:
Try this one. It has a good calculator. A 16 + 32 as a series paralleled 3x = 16ohms.
http://www.colomar.com/Shavano/impedance_info.html
http://www.eatel.net/~amptech/elecdisc/spkrmlti.htm
http://www.djzone.net/pg/0008/te00084.shtml
http://www.lalena.com/audio/faq/wiring/
What is the final impedance you want. 8 or 16?
See if this can help you:
Try this one. It has a good calculator. A 16 + 32 as a series paralleled 3x = 16ohms.
http://www.colomar.com/Shavano/impedance_info.html
http://www.eatel.net/~amptech/elecdisc/spkrmlti.htm
http://www.djzone.net/pg/0008/te00084.shtml
http://www.lalena.com/audio/faq/wiring/
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>I am going to put six 16 ohm greyback celestions in it. what are my options for the final impedance? Is 4 or 8 ohms possible?
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Edbig. You can have a final impedance of 8ohms if you use 5 x16's and 1 x8.
Row 1 = 3 speakers in series : 16.00 ohms : 16.00 ohms : 16.00 ohms
( 48.00 ohms total for row)
Row 2 = 2 speakers in series : 16.00 ohms : 8.00 ohms
( 24.00 ohms total for row)
Row 3 = 1 speaker : 16.00 ohms
( 16.00 ohms total for row)
Connecting Row 1 and Row 2 and Row 3 in Parallel
Total Impedance for this combination = 8.00 ohms
I figured this out with the first link I gave you. Hope this helps.
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Edbig. You can have a final impedance of 8ohms if you use 5 x16's and 1 x8.
Row 1 = 3 speakers in series : 16.00 ohms : 16.00 ohms : 16.00 ohms
( 48.00 ohms total for row)
Row 2 = 2 speakers in series : 16.00 ohms : 8.00 ohms
( 24.00 ohms total for row)
Row 3 = 1 speaker : 16.00 ohms
( 16.00 ohms total for row)
Connecting Row 1 and Row 2 and Row 3 in Parallel
Total Impedance for this combination = 8.00 ohms
I figured this out with the first link I gave you. Hope this helps.
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Select the 8 ohms. 11 ohms running through the 8 is safe.
Running through the 16 ohms, the 11 is lower which will load it up more than normal!
Select the 8 ohms. 11 ohms running through the 8 is safe.
Running through the 16 ohms, the 11 is lower which will load it up more than normal!
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