Thanks Russ. That's where I was thinking wrong. Impedance instead of resistance. Al Marquardt ampm@xxxxxxx Al Marquardt Electronic Repair 206 W Main Girardville Pa. 17935 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 2:38 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: White Westinghouse WTV12505 speaker or # needed. (question) >I have plenty of 8 ohm speakers above 2W but the holes are 2-1/2 X 3-1'2. > > I have used resistors to make a speaker match, without any problems. > Also in radios for prisoners, I have put a resistor in place of the > speaker > so it won't be just open if they unplug the headphone. > An 8 ohm speaker is 8 ohms impedance not DC resistance, but I don't see > how > the output circuit can tell the difference, since an 8 ohm resistor isn't > a > coil, it should look like 8 ohms. Now if you used a wire wound resistor, > that might have impedance to it that would not look like 8 ohms. > > > Russ Hoyt > Hoyt's TV > Exeter, NH > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "al m" <ampm@xxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 10:58 AM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: White Westinghouse WTV12505 speaker or # needed. > (question) > > >> If I put a 8 ohm resistor across a 16 ohm speaker can I use it for this > set? >> I'm not up on audio problems. Can I just use the 16 ohm without putting a >> resistor across it? >> Al Marquardt >> ampm@xxxxxxx >> Al Marquardt Electronic Repair >> 206 W Main >> Girardville Pa. 17935 >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "al m" <ampm@xxxxxxx> >> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 9:59 AM >> Subject: [TechAssist] White Westinghouse WTV12505 speaker or # needed. >> >> >> >I need a speaker for this set. It is a 31/2 X 2" speaker 2W 8 ohms. It > has >> > flush mounting and the center holes are 3' and 1 9/16. Markings on > speaker >> > are SP5090F04 K tone 76205 >> > Al Marquardt >> > ampm@xxxxxxx >> > Al Marquardt Electronic Repair >> > 206 W Main >> > Girardville Pa. 17935 >> > >> > >> > >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- >> > Lost Password: >> > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >> > Email Archives: >> > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- >> Lost Password: >> http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >> Email Archives: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >> > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/