I'm wiring together some speakers, and I need to make the resistence 8 ohms. There are 4 speakers each is 4 ohms. I want to wire together two sets in series and then wire the two sets together in parallel. Is this possible?
2006-09-22 12:40:04 · 12 answers · asked by Sean W 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
2 SPKRS IN SERIES FOR THE LEFT------8 OHMS
2 SPKRS IN SERIES FOR THE RIGHT-----8 OHMS
IF YOU PARALLEL THEM AT ONE OUTPUT, YOU WILL BE BACK AT 4 OHMS. BUT IF YOU PUT A 4 OHM RESISTOR IN SERIES WITH THEM, YOU WILL BE BACK AT 8 OHM AND ONLY 1/2 THE POWER TO THE SPEAKERS.
2006-09-27 17:54:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No......If you put two 4 ohm speakers in series you will have 8 ohms total. However when you place them in parallel, with each other, the total resistance of the network will be 4 ohms again.
2006-09-22 14:06:12 · answer #2 · answered by richard Alvarado 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you hook two speakers in series on the left channel the left channel will be 8 ohms. Two speakers on the right channel in series will be 8 ohms. No need for a series/parallel circuit unless you want all four speakers on the same channel. If you want all four speakers on the same channel then you will need them in a series/parallel circuit.
Connect the pos. wire from the amp to the pos. terminals of speaker 1 and speaker 4 connect neg. of 4 to pos. of 3 and neg. of 1 to pos. of 2 . Connect neg. from amp to neg. of 2 and neg. of 3
2006-09-22 16:33:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
one circuit with 3 speakers=12 ohms
one circuit with 1 speaker =4 ohms
connect in parallel should = 8 ohms
or is it 6 ohms---anyway it is more than 4
2006-09-22 14:32:08 · answer #4 · answered by jerry4dallas 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course! However, the resulting resistance will be only four ohms. As far as I know there is no way to hook four four-ohm speakers up in such a way as to make the total resistance eight ohms.
You can also try playing around with this thing if you like:
http://mark.madscientist.ws/cgi-bin/circuits.cgi
2006-09-22 12:41:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
4 + 4 = 8 x 2 = 8 ohms per input your in put is parallel (2 separate lines) and your speaker to speaker is in series (meaning the same line)
You answered your own question:
----0-----0 (series)
0-------0
< (parallel)
0-------0
2006-09-22 12:46:46 · answer #6 · answered by NONAME 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure, just connect two sets in series and then connect the sets in parellel.
2006-09-22 12:42:43 · answer #7 · answered by cobyja 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, it can be possible.
I have learnt that in Primary 5.
2006-09-28 22:44:33 · answer #8 · answered by candy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really the man is right, watch your mosfets. they are sexually active and have zero rise time.
2006-09-22 14:27:21 · answer #9 · answered by Polyhistor 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
then watch it suck the mosfets right out of your amp!!!!
2006-09-22 12:45:30 · answer #10 · answered by rvsreno 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋