"Bill Never" wrote in message
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Hello,
I have a Bose car stereo that has a 40 watt amp for each speaker(4
speakers).
I currently have 2 ohm speakers. I want to place the speaker with 4
ohm speaker.

My question is will this work?

(R)Resistence x (I)Amperage = (V)voltage

2x40=80
Bose Speakers = 2 ohm (Resistence)
Amplifier = 40 AMPs ( Intensity - Current/Amperage)
Volts = 80 (Voltage)

4x25=100
After Market Speaker = 4 ohm
Amplifier = 25 AMPS
Volts = 100

or would it be

4x80=100
After Market Speaker = 4 ohm
Amplifier = 80 AMPS
Volts = 320


Thanks in Advanced, Alex


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Ohms Law is a mathematical equation that shows the relationship
between
Voltage, Current and Resistance in an electrical circuit. It is stated
as:

V = I x R

R = V / I

I = V / R


Whe

V = Voltage
Voltage is an electric potential difference between two points on
a conducting wire.
Voltage is measured in volts. Voltage comes from various sources.
Two examples of these sources are batteries and electrical outlets


I = Current (I stands for INTENSITY) AMPS
Current is measured in amps.
Current is charged particles which flow from the voltage source
through
conductive material to a ground


R = Resistance (ohms)
Resistance is the opposition that a material body offers to the
passage of an
electric current. Resistance is measured in ohms.
Examples of items with resistance are light bulbs, hair dryers,
toasters.



Ampere :
a unit of electric current equivalent to a steady current produced
by one volt applied across a resistance of one ohm.

Watt: the metric unit of power equal to the work done at the rate of
one joule
per second or to the power produced by a current of one ampere across
a potential
difference of one volt.

Volt: the meter-kilogram-second unit of electrical potential
difference and electromotive
force equal to the difference in potential between two points in a
wire carrying a constant
current of one ampere when the power dissipated between the points is
equal to one watt.

Joule: a unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of
one newton acting through
a distance of one meter.

Newton: the unit of force in the metric system equal to the force
required to impart an
acceleration of one meter per second per second to a mass of one
kilogram.

Electonvolt: (symbol: eV) is a unit of ENERGY. One eV is equal to the
amount of energy one
electron acquires by accelerating (from rest) through a potential
difference of one volt.
It is usually used as a measure of particle energies although it is
not an SI
(System International) unit.
The SI unit for energy is the JOULE. 1 eV = 1.602 x 10-19 joule.

Volt: is the SI unit of ELECTRIC POTENTIAL, potential difference or
e.m.f. (electro motive force) defined as the difference of potential
between two points
on a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere when the
power dissipated between
the points is one watt. It is named after Alessandro Volta (1745-1827)

Watt: A Watt is a unit of power, defined as the rate of energy
transferred [per second].
The energy is usually defined as Joules; therefore, one Joule per
second is one Watt.
When measuring heating effects, a unit of thermal energy known as a
calorie is used.
One calorie is 4.184 Joules.
Materials have a property called thermal capacity or specific heat.
This is a measure
of how many calories are needed to raise 1.0 gram of the material one
degree Centigrade.
The thermal capacity of water at 15 deg. C is 1.0 calorie. That is
4.184 Joules or
4.184 Watt-seconds. The entire energy could be transferred to the
water in one millisecond
at a rate of 4184 watts to produce the same temperature rise of one
deg. C.

The thermal capacity of materials changes slightly with temperature
primarily due to
changes in density, and very dramatically at phase transitions, such
as ice melting
and water boiling.

The specific heats of a few selected elements at 25 deg. C a

Material Specific Heat at 25°C
Aluminum 0.2154
Gold 0.0305
Hydorgen 3.42
Xenon 0.0379

Horsepower: is the imperial (British) unit of power, now replaced by
the
watt - the new SI unit. One horsepower is the work done at the rate of
550 foot-pounds per second and it is equivalent to 745.7 watts.
Horsepower was first
used by James Watt, who employed it to compare the power of steam
engines with
that of horses.


Note:
It may help to realize that the electric potential is a property
associated with the field
in the space (i.e. in-between the capacitor plates conected to a
battery), while the
energy is associated with the particle you place into that field (and
it depends on the
particle).

All the parameters are in SI units. e.g: e (in Joules), m (Kilograms)
and
c (meters/second). However you can convert into your favourite units,
taking into account the proper relations in between.

Don't confuse watts with amps !!
The power rating of speakers is used as a sales point and usually bears
little resemblance to that actually developed, also of course in the average
unit the power developed will vary with the frequency.
You could expect a lower output with a mismatch of the 4ohm speakers.
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Regards ............... Rheilly Phoull