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Permalink Reply by JL on June 4, 2018 at 3:57am

wire them in series and treat the pair like a single speaker.

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Permalink Reply by Jerry Jordan on June 5, 2018 at 8:06am

Or as an option wire them in parallel.,., For series wiring connect the + side of one speaker to the - side of the other speaker. This will leave you with one open + and one open - to connect to the amps output. For parallel wiring combine the - leads on one side and combine the + leads on the other, and connect the combined leads to the output of the amp. Confusing ???

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Permalink Reply by JL on June 6, 2018 at 6:50am

I assume it is an amp board like in the gitty kit? it can handle a speaker load of 4-8 ohms, 1 or 2 of the gitty speakers in series.  wired in parallel and the speakers present a 2 ohm load and the board might cook with too small of a resistance on the output.

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Permalink Reply by Jerry Jordan on June 6, 2018 at 7:26am

JL is 100% correct.,I tend to think of 16 and 8 ohm loads, but for a little Gitty amp he is spot on.,.most amps do not like a 2 ohm load unless they were designed that way.,.,.,cheers.,.,

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Permalink Reply by Brent Kasl on June 6, 2018 at 8:02am

Wired in series it is

thanks

and yes it is two of little Gitty speakers and one 2.5 amp board

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Permalink Reply by JL on June 7, 2018 at 1:10am

I did 2 of them as weekend projects, 1 with stepson, and 1 with stepgrandson, and we did the 2 speakers in series on both, turned out great.  And you can hear a difference in timber with the box open or closed.

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