Two cabs

[JoeCon]

Guys

A friend want to run two cabs off his amp. His 2 x 12 goes into the 8 ohm output but his other cab, a single 12, is a 16 ohm speaker that he wants to plug into a 16 ohm output. Should he do this?

I told him that's not "kosher"! Am I right?? Just seems wrong...

[cbass]

Using two OT taps at once?Not the best idea.He could wire the 2 8ohms in series for 16 ohms.Then wire the 16 ohm in parallel for an 8 ohm load

[Cantplay]

As long as the load is higher than the amp there should be no damage.

[JoeCon]

CBass

Rewiring coming up. Thanks....

[Cantplay]

Is the 2x12 2 16's in parallel, or 2 8's in series?

[cbass]

the 2x12 is 8 ohm total?So it would have to be two four ohm in series or two 16 ohm in parallel.If its 2 four ohm I'm not sure of a good way to use them together with a 16 ohm

[JoeCon]

Guys

Without opening the 2-12 I told him get another 8 ohm 12 for his single cab and run them in series for 16. Right? Trying to keep it simple for him.

If he does have 3 16 ohm what then! LOL!

[NickC]

Guys

Without opening the 2-12 I told him get another 8 ohm 12 for his single cab and run them in series for 16. Right? Trying to keep it simple for him.

If he does have 3 16 ohm what then! LOL!

How would you cable that (speaker leads to/from both cabs and amp)?

[jjman]

It's not possible to know the best answer since there are different switching and non-switching configurations on amp output jacks. A schematic would shown the ramifications of doing what he proposes.