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Old 15th July 2006, 09:06 PM   #1
shooto is offline shooto  United States
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Hi- I'm building a 4x12 cab with (4) 8ohm speakers- I want to wire it parallel so it can run mono at 8 ohms (full cab) and stereo at 4 ohms (esencially (2) 2x12s)- for the switching, I'm using a DPDT switch for the mono/stereo and (2) mono jacks-

I'm using a schematic from Shavano's site as a model-

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but like I said, I'm wiring mine parallel- here's my diagram-

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how does my hook up look for what Iwant to do? first time doing something like this so any help is appreciated- thanks!
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Old 17th July 2006, 02:47 AM   #2
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With four 8 ohm drivers, your stereo setting will indeed result in a pair of 2x12, 4 ohm sets. But throw the switch to mono, and the two 4 ohm pairs will be in parallel with a resulting impedance of 2 ohm, not 8 ohms.

The only way to get an 8 ohm total from four 8 ohm drivers is a series/parallel wiring circuit.
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