reusing a 3-way crossover

Gabe85 · 7th February 2011, 04:43 AM

I'm really new to this so please done flame to to bad. I have some pioneer 3 way floor speakers that I never used in my basement and I want to reuse the tweeter and mid in a box I'm making. I was wondering if I could use the same 3 way crossover that came int he box and just cut off the wires that would go to the woofer or tie the wires together and cap them off, so I would only be using the high and mid part of the crossover.

planet10 · 7th February 2011, 06:53 AM

Sure. Beware that if they are budget Pioneers, the XO may consist of 2 elco caps.

dave

Gabe85 · 8th February 2011, 10:59 PM

Thanks for the quick reply. When you said "elco caps" does that refer to the brand of caps or type of caps? The ones on the board say SPT.

7th February 2011, 04:43 AM	#1
Gabe85 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2011	reusing a 3-way crossover I'm really new to this so please done flame to to bad. I have some pioneer 3 way floor speakers that I never used in my basement and I want to reuse the tweeter and mid in a box I'm making. I was wondering if I could use the same 3 way crossover that came int he box and just cut off the wires that would go to the woofer or tie the wires together and cap them off, so I would only be using the high and mid part of the crossover.

7th February 2011, 06:53 AM	#2
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	Sure. Beware that if they are budget Pioneers, the XO may consist of 2 elco caps. dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

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8th February 2011, 10:59 PM	#3
Gabe85 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2011	Thanks for the quick reply. When you said "elco caps" does that refer to the brand of caps or type of caps? The ones on the board say SPT.

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