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Title: 212 Stereo wiring with 2 Jacks
Post by: shortfuse on November 05, 2014, 08:46:47 am

I want to run 2 - 16 ohm speakers in stereo and at 8 ohm mono, found this diagram on line seems simple enough without buying a pre-wired 35.00 jack plate.  Any draw backs to using the shorting leg to accomplish this?  Or should I use DPDT for positive switching?

Title: Re: 212 Stereo wiring with 2 Jacks
Post by: sluckey on November 05, 2014, 09:25:02 am

That circuit will work fine. I would trust Switchcraft 12A over Cliff jacks, but I really, really trust a SPST switch most of all. You don't need a DPDT.

Here's a drawing I did for someone else a few years back. It's electrically the same as your drawing.

Title: Re: 212 Stereo wiring with 2 Jacks
Post by: MakerDP on November 13, 2014, 09:33:49 pm

A few days late, but here is how I would do it...

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--kmaAtNLWWs/U5aMfsygK1I/AAAAAAAAADI/6Fc-VWmtYU8/s1600/mono-stereo-2x-cabinet-1_0.jpg)