[TenTec] Jupiter speaker replacement....

Stuart Rohre rohre at arlut.utexas.edu
Tue Jan 13 18:52:25 EST 2015


It is true you can often substitute a 4 or 8 ohm speaker, if the driving 
amplifier has enough power to drive 4 ohms. You can make a test with a 
resistor to see if the amplifier can deliver the current with no 
overheating of the Amp. chip.

If you only can find a 4 ohm, and you think or can prove the old one was 
8, you can use a power resistor in series to sink the excess current.

I have, in a pinch substituted a smaller speaker, mounted by one bolt, 
to get something working, with a note that correct speakers were on back 
order from Ten Tec.

Or, sub an external computer speaker box plugged to the headphone jack, 
again with a note on the rig.

Check the surplus houses like Electronic Goldmine, and all the regular 
large distributors.  Surely there is the right size one out there somewhere!

GL,
Stuart Rohre
K5KVH


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