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Old 05-01-2003, 10:40 PM
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Sorta Dumb ohm Guy Pt II
If I ran a 16 ohm and an 8 ohm in parralell, what do i get?????

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Old 05-02-2003, 07:42 AM
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5.3333333333333333333....ohms.
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Old 05-02-2003, 08:37 AM
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What Taller says, and the 8-ohm cab will take 2/3 of the power and the 16-ohm one 1/3.

You can run this combination safey from an amp set at either 4 or 8 ohms.
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Old 05-02-2003, 11:09 PM
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Hey guys thanks for the replies!

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PS-so on a 50 watt head that would be 32 1/2 watts to the 8 ohm and 17 1/2 watts to the 16 ohm, right?
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Old 05-03-2003, 02:21 AM
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Roughly. You'll get a slight loss of efficiency due to the mismatch, but 30W and 15W would be good guesses.
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