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Title: OT wiring explanation
Post by: joesatch on October 29, 2021, 01:41:26 pm

Can someone tell me what the 4 ohm wire from this OT is doing in this circuit? I will use this OT and wire an internal speaker to the 8 ohm lead (which can be taken over by plugging in an external 8 ohm cab via 12a switched jack). Where does the 4 ohm lead come into play? I wont use the 2 ohm lead either (originally wired to a line out circuit)

(https://i.ibb.co/XL274XH/wiring-OT.png)

Title: Re: OT wiring explanation
Post by: joesatch on October 29, 2021, 01:53:21 pm

it looks like when an external speaker is plugged in,  the jack uses the 4 ohm lead (for the internal 8ohm speaker and the external 8 ohm speaker connected in parallel). So the internal speaker is still on when an ext 8 ohm cab is connected.

Title: Re: OT wiring explanation
Post by: sluckey on October 29, 2021, 01:59:52 pm

 Correct. also notice that there has to be something plugged into the main jack in order to use the ext jack.