4x12 wiring options.

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NeubyWanKaneuby said:
Kind of a necro bump, but I have questions. I have a 4x12 that's 4 ohms. All 4 speakers are 4 ohms.
Can I rewire it so it's 16 ohms?
I've googled, but not sure I've found good info.
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Easy. Wire all four in series (bottom right in the pic). Are you absolutely sure they’re 4 ohm speakers? That’s fairly rare.

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thegame said:
Easy. Wire all four in series (bottom right in the pic). Are you absolutely sure they’re 4 ohm speakers? That’s fairly rare.

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I would trust you more than me, but i feel like i did this before and it remained 16 ohm with 16 ohm speakers.

However, wiring this way and using multimeter to ohm out would easily prove. I always check when finished wiring.
 
thegame said:
Easy. Wire all four in series (bottom right in the pic). Are you absolutely sure they’re 4 ohm speakers? That’s fairly rare.

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Yep, I opened it up and looked at them. It's an Avatar cab I bought off GC's used site.
I figured it would be a 16ohm cab, but it was marked 4ohm, which is why I opened it up.

I was actually thinking about just replacing the speakers and selling the Celestions that are in it,
but then I also thought if I could just rewire it to 16ohm, it might be easier than speaker chasing.
 
NeubyWanKaneuby said:
Yep, I opened it up and looked at them. It's an Avatar cab I bought off GC's used site.
I figured it would be a 16ohm cab, but it was marked 4ohm, which is why I opened it up.

I was actually thinking about just replacing the speakers and selling the Celestions that are in it,
but then I also thought if I could just rewire it to 16ohm, it might be easier than speaker chasing.
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What speakers are they?
 
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