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The amp is a Genz-Benz El Dorado 60 Tribal Series (whew!).
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The amp is a Genz-Benz El Dorado 60 Tribal Series (whew!).
Looks like most of are all in this together.Thanks guys. I didn’t title this post as click bait. I just wanted to call myself stupid and save you all the trouble!
And redneck logic is brilliant!
It would be interesting to know if there are any amps that actually have options for multiple cab series connection.
I mean you cannot have a series only connection with the option of only connecting 1 cab for example (open circuit obviously).
I know certain speaker cabs have the same options (where you have 2 jacks and the possibility of series or parallel for the speakers). But its a switching scenario.....not where if you plug into the second jack that you get both in series automatically.
ehb is the bestest redneck on MLP if not in the US of A.Turns out it wasn't such a stupid question after all. I've certainly learned a lot from the responses. And redneck logic is brilliant!
Not stupid. Few have a clue as far as impedance....
Redneck logic:
If you add another pipe in parallel and said pipe is the same as primary, then twice as much water can be delivered so the OPPOSITION TO WATER FLOW HAD TO HAVE DECREASED BY SAME FACTOR.
If you fill up a 55 gal drum with water and let it sit. Flow is zero and opposition to flow is infinite.
With a sharpened stretch of rebar, jab a hole. flow went from zero to a flow rate determined by hole dimensions and opposition to flow decreased from infinite (no hole) to opposition dictated by hole dimensions.
Jab another hole of same size, TWICE as much water is coming out, so opposition to the water leaking out was just decreased by the same factor, HALF the previous opposition.
Water is the current. Pressure is the same across all parallel paths. Opposition is the relationship between rate of flow and pressure.
Plug one 8Ω cab in an amp and you will have 8Ω total opposition to current (load).
Plug in another 8Ω cab and you create another identical path for current. So, since pressure is the same across all parallel outputs, then the load current must DOUBLE. If current doubled, pressure (voltage) stayed the same, then total opposition had to have been affected by the same factor but inverse.... Sooo, total output impedance is 4Ω...
The source (amp) sees 4Ω. It neither knows nor cares what that 4Ω consists of.
Every outlet in you house is in parallel. Plug one lamp in. Voltage stayed the same, current INCREASED soooooo the total impedance (opposition to current flow) had to have DECREASED....
Plug another identical lamp/bulb in and Voltage is STILL 120v....BUT another identical path for current has been created so current doubled. Sooooo, total impedance had to have been halved...
Lots of folks have blown up amps from NOT understanding load (current). The lower the impedance, the more current the source must supply.... If an amp is rated at 4Ω, if you go below 4Ω, you are forcing the source ( amp ) to supply more current than it was designed to handle......and sooner or later something is gonna give....
Remember: Everything can be a smoke machine if you operate it wrong enough...
edro.
So it's parallel.
Thanks for playing with our brains.
What was the question again?
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If it's about @ehb 's explanation, it's parallel to a series of parallel comparisons
that end up in an unparalleled series of more questions.
I think... but I might be wrong.
ehb is the bestest redneck on MLP if not in the US of A.