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I having a fellow build me a amp testing load for 2/4/8 ohm testing. It will be similar to the smaller tank you see below... which is about 20 gallon. It will be filled with RV antifreeze. I spoke with Pat Brown who built these for testing pro audio and car amps. He has tested amps rated up to 10,000 watts. He says the temps have never really gotten remotely hot and he uses mineral oil.
At any rate... each element is 8 ohms (measured/tested with an ohm meter). I believe I will need 8 of these wired so that I can use jumpers to come up with the appropriate 2/4/8 ohm loads. However, I'm struggling wrapping my mind around the correct wiring from each element to the speaker terminals.
If I wire each element to one set (+/-) of terminals... we have 8 ohms on that terminal, and we will have 8 speaker terminal sets total. I suppose I can daisy chain the terminals from the back to the next terminal. Then use jumpers to get to 4 ohm or 2 ohm.
Can anyone draw me up a diagram/schematic of the how this would all need to be wired, then how the jumpers would need to be wired to accomplish each load?
At any rate... each element is 8 ohms (measured/tested with an ohm meter). I believe I will need 8 of these wired so that I can use jumpers to come up with the appropriate 2/4/8 ohm loads. However, I'm struggling wrapping my mind around the correct wiring from each element to the speaker terminals.
If I wire each element to one set (+/-) of terminals... we have 8 ohms on that terminal, and we will have 8 speaker terminal sets total. I suppose I can daisy chain the terminals from the back to the next terminal. Then use jumpers to get to 4 ohm or 2 ohm.
Can anyone draw me up a diagram/schematic of the how this would all need to be wired, then how the jumpers would need to be wired to accomplish each load?
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