This is a 4" 8 ohm speaker right?

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My Ghouls n Ghosts is missing one and this is the one in there right now

http://imgur.com/ZQgbswZ

I can't find any markings to tell me. Was going to buy this one to go with it


http://www.twistedquarter.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=12&products_id=1508

Shouldn't cause any problems right. It's also missing the shield that goes with it.
Any idea where to get one?


Not sure about that cab specifically but, if the cab has two spakers and you are missing one of them you could always pull the good one out and use a multimeter to check the ohm load of the speaker. If there are two speakers there's a good chance they could be 16ohm individual speakers. But i dont know this cab specifically.
Are they both wired to the single speaker (+) and speaker (-) from the jamma harness?
 
Still new to the whole electrical side of the hobby so sorry if I sound ignorant. I do have a multimeter which I didn't even think about. I guess I would test where the harness "clips" hook in?

They were both wired to a single speaker as you can see here

http://imgur.com/XlYytct

You can see the two things in the background that would hook to the other speaker
 
Still new to the whole electrical side of the hobby so sorry if I sound ignorant. I do have a multimeter which I didn't even think about. I guess I would test where the harness "clips" hook in?

They were both wired to a single speaker as you can see here

http://imgur.com/XlYytct

You can see the two things in the background that would hook to the other speaker

Not a problem. So take note of how the speaker is wired right now. Then unhook the wires from the speaker. Using your multimeter, set it to resistance (ohms) and put the test leads on the speaker (one on each side like the wires were). Doesn't matter which side is positive or negative. See what your reading is.
From the looks of the picture it is probably a 16-ohm speaker wired in parallel with another 16-ohm speaker which would give you the 8-ohm load most boards use.
 
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Thanks. Hopefully I can find time tonight to do this

So if the speaker I have is 16 ohm then the replacement speaker I posted wouldn't work because it's 8 ohm? If so is there a good place to buy 16 ohm speakers?
 
Thanks. Hopefully I can find time tonight to do this

So if the speaker I have is 16 ohm then the replacement speaker I posted wouldn't work because it's 8 ohm? If so is there a good place to buy 16 ohm speakers?

You can use -2- 8-ohm speakers but, you will have to change the wiring and run them in series instead of parallel.

Two 8 ohms in series will give you a 16ohm load
Or
Two 4 ohms will give you an 8 ohm load.

Either configuration should work.

Check Parts Express. They sell raw drivers. There was another place i used to get stuff from. I'll see if i can dig up the website.

Edit: here's one-
http://www.parts-express.com/visaton-r10sc-4-full-range-speaker-8-ohm--292-597

And another:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=142034530837
 
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Not a problem. So take note of how the speaker is wired right now. Then unhook the wires from the speaker. Using your multimeter, set it to resistance (ohms) and put the test leads on the speaker (one on each side like the wires were). Doesn't matter which side is positive or negative. See what your reading is.
From the looks of the picture it is probably a 16-ohm speaker wired in parallel with another 16-ohm speaker which would give you the 8-ohm load most boards use.

Finally got around to testing it out. Unfortunately I have a ranged multimeter instead of just the auto one. I guess not a huge deal, but just more settings I have to learn. I tested it on the 2000 ohm setting and kept getting an 8 (I think it was 008 to be exact.

So this should mean its an 8 ohm speaker and that original speaker I posted should work right?

Thanks again. Its been really helpful
 
Finally got around to testing it out. Unfortunately I have a ranged multimeter instead of just the auto one. I guess not a huge deal, but just more settings I have to learn. I tested it on the 2000 ohm setting and kept getting an 8 (I think it was 008 to be exact.

So this should mean its an 8 ohm speaker and that original speaker I posted should work right?

Thanks again. Its been really helpful

Yep. 8-ohm. No problem and good luck!
 
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