Electrical knowledge, was Another ~1960 computer kit - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

20 Dec 1998

Assuming the speakers are identical, then, in parallel, the resistance of
the circuit is halved, while in series, the resistance is doubled.  This
means
that for series, the volume of the sound which is produced by the speakers
is halved, and doubled for the parallel case.  I am neither an electrical
nor
an electronic engineer but, Ohm's law is sufficient for this analysis.

William R. Buckley

-----Original Message-----
From: Max Eskin &lt;kurtkilg(a)geocities.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Sunday, December 20, 1998 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: Electrical knowledge, was Another ~1960 computer kit

...
 On Sun, 20 Dec 1998 ddameron(a)earthlink.net wrote:
> Another example, it surprises me how many "electrical" people do not
> understand, for example, what happens when one wires speakers in series or
...
   parallel.

What _does_ happen?

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