- Jun 8, 2013
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Hi everyone. I joined this forum because I need some help.
My wife & I bought a house a few years ago. The house has 6 in-ceiling speakers (8 ohm Realistic [from RadioShack]) that are wired together.
I can't see how these are wired together because there is no access to the area in the house except for ripping off the roof or cutting a bunch holes in the ceiling.
Using an Ohm meter, I received a reading of 1.1 ohms. Assuming these 6 speakers were connected in a parallel circuit, that would result total of 8 ohm/6 speakers = 4/3 = 1.333 ohm. So, I think the reading matches with the theoretical configuration.
I have a 100W x 2 Insignia NS-R2000 receiver that States Channel A OR B, minimum 8 ohm; Channel A+B minimum 16 ohm.
With that configuration I have two concerns.
First, and most important, is that I don't want to blow out my receiver. I had one blow out when I turned the volume up beyond half...I assume it happened as a result of the parallel configuration. I was thinking of using a little project box to put 8 to 16 ohms resistor in series to throttle the power. Is that a good option? Does anyone have other suggestions?
Second, with only 1 set of speaker wire coming out of the ceiling for these speakers I think I can't hear songs that need left/right sound. Besides hooking up new speakers or ripping into my house to rewire these speakers, does anyone have suggestions?
I really appreciate the assistance!
My wife & I bought a house a few years ago. The house has 6 in-ceiling speakers (8 ohm Realistic [from RadioShack]) that are wired together.
I can't see how these are wired together because there is no access to the area in the house except for ripping off the roof or cutting a bunch holes in the ceiling.
Using an Ohm meter, I received a reading of 1.1 ohms. Assuming these 6 speakers were connected in a parallel circuit, that would result total of 8 ohm/6 speakers = 4/3 = 1.333 ohm. So, I think the reading matches with the theoretical configuration.
I have a 100W x 2 Insignia NS-R2000 receiver that States Channel A OR B, minimum 8 ohm; Channel A+B minimum 16 ohm.
With that configuration I have two concerns.
First, and most important, is that I don't want to blow out my receiver. I had one blow out when I turned the volume up beyond half...I assume it happened as a result of the parallel configuration. I was thinking of using a little project box to put 8 to 16 ohms resistor in series to throttle the power. Is that a good option? Does anyone have other suggestions?
Second, with only 1 set of speaker wire coming out of the ceiling for these speakers I think I can't hear songs that need left/right sound. Besides hooking up new speakers or ripping into my house to rewire these speakers, does anyone have suggestions?
I really appreciate the assistance!
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