installing volume

[sarahlove]

how do i wire up a variable capacitors to act as a volume control on a normal speakers it isnt going through any amp of a sprt i only wired up 5 little 8 ohms speakers and i wanted to put volume

help would be appreciated thanks alot

[sorenj07]

you mean variable resistors, right

[sarahlove]

sorry yeah variable resistors

[janneman]

What is driving your speakers, if not an amp?

Jan Didden

[sarahlove]

i modified an old radio and just solderd a socket on to the existing speaker and plugged my speakers in

[richie00boy]

Not a good idea as the radio is not designed to drive that much extra load.

[janneman]

For a quick fix you could wire the 5 speakers in series so they don't load the radio too much, then use a low-value wirewound potmeter to control the volume of the extension speakers.

I assume you don't want to disconnect the radio speaker and use the radio volume control?

You would need a wirewound potmeter of say 50 ohms, 10 watts or so, unless your radio is very powerfull.

Do you know how/where to get such a level control and how to connect it?

Jan Didden