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Re: Speaker Wiring


  • Subject: Re: Speaker Wiring
  • From: "David Buckley" <db@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 02:03:40 -0000

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Keith Doxey <ukha@d...> wrote:
> If all the parallel connected speakers are the same impedance
> then you can just divide by the number of speakers. eg four
> 8ohm speakers in parallel = 8/4=2ohms


Another formulaic simplification is the easy way to determine what
happens when you place two resistors of arbitrary value in
parallel.  The formula simplifies to R = (r1*r2)/(r1+r2)

example:

6 ohm and 8 ohm speakers in parallel, whats the total resistance?

r = (6*8)/(6+8)  = 48/14 = 3.43 ohms.






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