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running two ot secondaries at the same time

Post by Roe » Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:33 pm

hi,

can I use the 4 and 8 ohms secondaries at the same time, running two different caps? this is with a fenderish ot. thanks?
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Re: running two ot secondaries at the same time

Post by Structo » Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:11 pm

I believe it would make the secondary impedance about 2.6 ohms if you were to combine those two taps (4 & 8).

And when you said caps, I assume you mean cabs?
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Re: running two ot secondaries at the same time

Post by paulster » Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:34 pm

You can, but you want to use an 8ohm and a 16ohm cab on the 4ohm and 8ohm taps respectively to do this and retain the correct impedance matching.

This is effectively the same as running 2 16ohm cabs off the 8ohm tap or 2 8ohm cabs off the 4ohm tap.

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Re: running two ot secondaries at the same time

Post by Roe » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:45 am

paulster wrote:You can, but you want to use an 8ohm and a 16ohm cab on the 4ohm and 8ohm taps respectively to do this and retain the correct impedance matching.

This is effectively the same as running 2 16ohm cabs off the 8ohm tap or 2 8ohm cabs off the 4ohm tap.
thanks a lots!

structo, yes I meant cabs
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