Chrisr40 Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 Hello all, a quick question if I may. I have a soundtraxx econami chip with amp rated at 8 ohm 2 watt. I would like to use a rail exclusive baby boomer speaker with it because they sound great. The speaker is rated at 8 ohm but only 1 watt. Does this mean the amp of the chip is going to over drive the speaker. Apologies for my ignorance, all advice gratefully received. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF96 Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 You don’t have to turn the volume right up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokebox Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 If you run it at high volume you risk blowing the speaker. If you are lucky, the speaker will fail as an open circuit and no harm should be done to the decoder but if it fails as a short circuit the decoder will almost certainly be damaged. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisr40 Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 2 hours ago, RAF96 said: You don’t have to turn the volume right up. Thanks, have been advised separately to lower the volume for safety. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 On the Baby Boomer, swap the wires around on one of the speakers to make it run in series, thus keeping it at 8Ohms. Charlie-Legomanbiffo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted May 5, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5, 2023 6 minutes ago, charliepetty said: On the Baby Boomer, swap the wires around on one of the speakers to make it run in series, thus keeping it at 8Ohms. Please explain. How can swapping the speaker wires around change the impedance? If you have two speakers. parallel: Series: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 (edited) A speaker at 8Ohms or 16 Ohms will not exceed the 8Ohm rating of the output on the decoder if it is 8Ohms, leaving the Baby Boomer as it is, makes it a 4Ohms speaker, thus twice as high as the 8Ohm output. This will cause issues, but 16 Ohms will be ok. Edited May 6, 2023 by charliepetty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisr40 Posted May 6, 2023 Author Share Posted May 6, 2023 13 hours ago, charliepetty said: On the Baby Boomer, swap the wires around on one of the speakers to make it run in series, thus keeping it at 8Ohms. Charlie-Legomanbiffo Hello Charlie, I was only planning to use the one speaker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted May 6, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6, 2023 11 hours ago, charliepetty said: leaving the Baby Boomer as it is, makes it a 4Ohms speaker According to the spiel, the Baby Boomer is a single 8 ohm speaker. The Boom Box range are two in parallel, which are 4 ohms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 One speaker should be 8Ohms so it will be OK. Charlie 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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