I was hoping someone here could help me out with my issue.
I'm having difficulty wiring up my 4x12 guitar cabinet. It has a stereo/mono switch and i think thats where my problem lies..
My 4x12 cab has 4 wires total from the input jacks, in two sets. Left and right, stereo/mono. I have Four matching 16 ohm speakers in the cab.
I started the wiring with the Positive from the mono (right) side of the input jack like in the diagram. I left the stereo (left wires) unhooked and completed the loop with the Negative from the same mono side as when I started. Followed the diagram to the t only there was that other set of wires from the stereo side of the input jack.
I figured I wont be using stereo so It wouldn't matter if the wires were left unhooked. So I switched my amp to 16 ohms, cab to mono and nothing....I think I could just barely hear my tubes distorting when I played, it did not sound too good.......
So my drummer wired it his way and got it working. He said it should be 8 ohm, the cheap-o meter said 10. Switched amp back to 8 ohms and it works.
I would like to get back in the cab if there is a more proper way wiring,
so please reply with any info you may have on this,
Thank you.
I'm having difficulty wiring up my 4x12 guitar cabinet. It has a stereo/mono switch and i think thats where my problem lies..
My 4x12 cab has 4 wires total from the input jacks, in two sets. Left and right, stereo/mono. I have Four matching 16 ohm speakers in the cab.
I started the wiring with the Positive from the mono (right) side of the input jack like in the diagram. I left the stereo (left wires) unhooked and completed the loop with the Negative from the same mono side as when I started. Followed the diagram to the t only there was that other set of wires from the stereo side of the input jack.
I figured I wont be using stereo so It wouldn't matter if the wires were left unhooked. So I switched my amp to 16 ohms, cab to mono and nothing....I think I could just barely hear my tubes distorting when I played, it did not sound too good.......
So my drummer wired it his way and got it working. He said it should be 8 ohm, the cheap-o meter said 10. Switched amp back to 8 ohms and it works.
I would like to get back in the cab if there is a more proper way wiring,
so please reply with any info you may have on this,
Thank you.
If you have four 16 ohm speakers, you can:
wire 2 in parallel for 8 ohms, and wire the other 2 in parallel for 8 ohms. Then wire those two sections in series for 16 ohms
-or-
wire those two sections in parallel for 4 ohms, which is all speakers in parallel.
You cannot wire them for an 8 ohm impedance.
wire 2 in parallel for 8 ohms, and wire the other 2 in parallel for 8 ohms. Then wire those two sections in series for 16 ohms
-or-
wire those two sections in parallel for 4 ohms, which is all speakers in parallel.
You cannot wire them for an 8 ohm impedance.
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What 'e said.
You can't connect all 4 speakers and get 8ohm.
A 10ohm DC resistance would indicate closer to 12-16ohm nominal impedance, so I'd leave your amplifier set at 16ohm while driving this cabinet.
Chris
You can't connect all 4 speakers and get 8ohm.
A 10ohm DC resistance would indicate closer to 12-16ohm nominal impedance, so I'd leave your amplifier set at 16ohm while driving this cabinet.
Chris
Any diagrams floating around?
A few guys told me to just remove all stereo wiring from Jack plate and just run Series/Parallel from the Mono side of the cab.
Sound ok?
A few guys told me to just remove all stereo wiring from Jack plate and just run Series/Parallel from the Mono side of the cab.
Sound ok?
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