Electrical knowledge, was Another ~1960 computer kit

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_freegate.com>
Date: Sun Dec 20 12:20:28 1998

At 12:18 PM 12/20/98 -0500, Max Eskin wrote:
>On Sun, 20 Dec 1998 ddameron_at_earthlink.net wrote:
>> Another example, it surprises me how many "electrical" people do not
>> understand, for example, what happens when one wires speakers in series or
>> parallel.
>
>What _does_ happen?


You get a reverb effect because the sound comes out of the first speaker
and then the next speaker in series.

Just Kidding! Speakers are inductors, standard forumlas apply. Its more fun
to figure out the impact on an amplifier desgined to drive a particular
impedence.

--Chuck
Received on Sun Dec 20 1998 - 12:20:28 GMT

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