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Using car speakers in a cab
Tehrasha:
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on February 05, 2003, 05:41:40 pm ---Sorry, OT. Teh, you live:) You aren't just a Teh_away in IRC:)
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Its my cabinet that is /away... havent done much with it for about 6 months.
Most times that I am at my terminal there isnt anybody in channel, so I just stay /away.
I should spend more time there, and get my butt in gear on my cabinet.
oh.. btw, I log everything, so i know all about those things you and planetjay have been saying behind my back. :o
:D j/k :D
--Teh
Elkor:
Sorry I didn't provide enough info....
Yes, Tehrasha, that's what I was trying to say.
Basically: put an appropriate load in series with the 4ohm speakers to bring the toatal load to 8ohms per channel.
I couldn't find a 4ohm load in the 'shack catalog online but they did have an 8...
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F010%5F001%5F006%5F000&product%5Fid=271%2D120
put two of these in parallel and then put the group in series w/your auto speakers. Then you can drive it with any houshold amp.....
Wade:
I checked my power supply, it is 200 watts. My amp doesn't say on it, but going from memory I'm almost certain it was a 2 x 60 watt amp.
Wade
Carsten Carlos:
To be on the safe side, I bought a 12V/10A powersupply from Ebay yesterday. I hate these noisy fans of PC-supplies anyway!
Tehrasha:
--- Quote from: Carsten Carlos on February 09, 2003, 02:54:35 pm ---To be on the safe side, I bought a 12V/10A powersupply from Ebay yesterday. I hate these noisy fans of PC-supplies anyway!
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I hope its a switching powersupply, otherwise you may get alot of 50/60Hz hum on your speakers.
For those keeping score... 12V * 10A * 60% efficiency / 2 channels == 36W/channel Audio (estimated)
Should be plenty loud enough. :D
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