In essence there are two ways to wire up a 4 speaker cabinet that both wind up with the cabinet having the same impedance as any one of the individual drivers or in other words a cabinet with four 8 ohm speakers that ends up with a total cabinet impedance of 8 ohms.
2x12 speaker cabinet wiring diagram.
So if you have a 4 12 speaker cabinet and a 100w amplifier four speakers rated at 30w would be safe.
I am here to offer my guidance grasshopper.
1 shows how to connect four 16 ohm speakers in a series parallel configuration.
The conventional wiring is called series parallel and the speakers themselves are each 16 ohms.
The diagram below shows the wiring of a marshall 2x12 speaker cab having a mono stereo selection switch and two specialized input jacks.
Many people have asked how to wire up a 2 speaker cabinet that can have an extension speaker cabinet usually another 2 speaker cabinet plugged into it when desired.
The cabinet is rated at 120w.
The most common request i get is for 2 speakers that are 12 inch in diameter 2 x 12 however this solution pertains to 2 10 s 2 15 s or any mix of sizes.
And here s the wiring diagram for four guitar speaker cabinets wired in parallel.
The two main methods of arriving at this means are as follows.
This is your classic 4x12.
When the mono stereo switch is set to mono the two 8ω speakers are wired either in series making a 16ω cab or in parallel making a 4ω cab depending on which jack you use.
Maybe you need some help with wiring said cabs.
The big thing to consider regarding speaker installation is the power your amplifier outputs.