Members UMT Posted August 13, 2009 Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 Sorry everybody but I have a heck of a time keeping this whole ohmage thing straight in my head. I have 2 monitors at 4 ohms and just bought a new one at 8 ohms. They are 'daisy chained' (Parallel?) What is my end result? How many ohms is the system handling? Appreciate your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chip Stewart Posted August 13, 2009 Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 When in parallel, total ohms is equal to: 1/R total = 1/R1+1/R2+1/R3 In this case, 1/R total = 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/8 = 5/8 R total = 8/5 = 1.6 Ohms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author Craig Vecchione Posted August 13, 2009 CMS Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 And note that this (1.6 ohms) is well below the minimum rating for 99% of power amps, and should not be used that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted August 13, 2009 Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 I have 2 monitors at 4 ohms and just bought a new one at 8 ohms.Are the two original monitors 4 ohms each (uncommon) or 4 ohms total when daisy chained together? If the latter the total load of three 8 ohm monitors daisy chained is 2.6 ohms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UMT Posted August 14, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 14, 2009 Got it! Thanks, Guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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