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[karma]

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dave tell me if i got this right, im just working out the wiring. i wana get 8ohm. each driver is 4ohm two driver in series is 8ohm?

and to change the watts, do i wire each set in parallel?

im going to need a lot of wire

[jleaman]

Originally posted by karma
dave tell me if i got this right, im just working out the wiring. i wana get 8ohm. each driver is 4ohm two driver in series is 8ohm?

and to change the watts, do i wire each set in parallel?

im going to need a lot of wire

Looks ok to me.

[planet10]

Originally posted by karma
i wana get 8ohm. each driver is 4ohm two driver in series is 8ohm?

If you use 32 drivers in the array, wire 8 in series (32 ohm) & pararallel the 4 sets and you end up at 8 ohms. Or wire 4 in parallel (1 ohm) & series the 8 sets.

Power handling is 32 x power handling of 1. Efficiency is about 14-15 db more than a single.

dave

[planet10]

Originally posted by planet10
If you use 32 drivers in the array,

That comes to 2.24m ~88 inches. Hope you have (at least) 8 ft ceilings

dave

[karma]

just makes it

geting it out of the room is another story.

thanks for the help.

[karma]

here ya go dave a solid chunk of wood

not just for fence posts

[karma]

cheers

[karma]

!!doh!!

[jleaman]

Originally posted by karma
!!doh!!

I have a idea how you could have done this nicer and faster

Jase

[karma]

how would you do it?