archlilim wrote:Noob ass wiring question for y'all builders. Can I run two sets of two 8 ohm / one 16 ohm speakers (two sets of three speakers with mismatched ohms in parallel) in series for 6.4 load. Does that make sense?
Disclaimer: I am not smart.
No, I think your only real possible way of doing it is by serial connecting all 4 8ohm speakers for a 32ohm load and serial connecting both the 16's for a 32ohm load and then parallel splitting them...
Basically at the input jack you do a parallel split (wire two positive and two negative wires) take one positive wire to the first 8ohm speaker then the negative of the speaker to the positive of the next and so on until you get the last one which you take the negative back to the input jack, then the other positive wire you take to the first 16ohm speaker's positive then that speakers negative to the second speakers positive and the second speakers negative back to the jack. I believe that will net you a 16ohm total load at the jack. Theres not really any other way to safely do it with that combination of speakers due to their ohmage. Most 6speaker cabs run the opposite ohmage, 4 16ohm's and 2 8ohm's to get an 8 ohm load in a different wiring scheme. To do the 2 groups of three speakers wiring they all have to be the same load rating.
