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| kahlid74:
I have a set of PC speakers I want to hook up to a computer PSU. The DC power adapter for the speakers has the following Output values. 9volt 1amp By those readings you can determine that the wattage is 9 and the resistance is 9. To figure out the resistor needed you can perform the following equation. Speaker voltage/Speaker resistance = Resistor voltage/Resistor value 9/9 = (12-9)/R 1= (12-9)/R R= 12-9 R=3 By this equation I would need a 3 Ohm resistor to take 12 volts to 9 volts. No way in heck is that right. I tried a 10 Ohm resistor and it did nothing. Where is the failure in my equation/logic? I used a voltmeter and the speakers used a maximum of 110 Mili-amps when the volume was maxed, so I assume the 1 amp on the power plug just means a max of 1 amp can travel through. |
| SirPoonga:
Hmmmm, not sure. I just wanted to say you could use 4 diodes to get it down to 9v (assuming DC of course). Diodes drop voltage by 0.7V. |
| ChadTower:
And of course, 4x the amount of components that could fail, if you use 4 diodes instead of the right resistor. |
| SirPoonga:
I was just saying, as a backup plan :) |
| SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on June 06, 2005, 12:09:02 pm --- Speaker voltage/Speaker resistance = Resistor voltage/Resistor value 9/9 = (12-9)/R --- End quote --- You have a 9ohm speaker? most pc speakers are like 6ohm or 8ohm. |
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