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Offline joesatch

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OT wiring explanation
« 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)


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Re: OT wiring explanation
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: OT wiring explanation
« Reply #2 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.
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