[ExI] geezer guard

[Dave Sill]

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 12:39 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> In other words there is no correct way to run four speakers from a two
> channel amp.
>

No. Serial would be safe. Or you could add 8-ohm resistors to the two 8-ohm
speakers and wire them parallel.

Disclaimer: I'm not an electrical engineer, so do anything I suggest at
your own risk. :-)

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 11:17 AM Dave Sill via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 9:44 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I have a conventional stereo amp.  Two channels.  If I split the wires
>>> and try to get two speakers on one lead I think it changes the ohms from 8
>>> to 4, and somehow that is not good.  Is there a way around this?
>>>
>>
>> If they're both 8 ohms then wiring in parallel will result in 4 ohms, but
>> wiring in series will result in 16 ohms.
>>
>
-Dave
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