If a component system lists a load of 4 ohms, what is typically the load for the tweeter separately and the woofer separately?

 

A multimeter will tell you the static load of each driver....

 

components are a system and designed as such. The engineer has to factor in the passive crossover's impedance as well as each speaker's to get a final load (at least in theory). Most standard comps are more of an a,b,c, pick and package set up. You pick tweeter form a, mid from b, and a crossover from c...stick them in a box and you have a comp set. Some sets come with t/s parameters for each driver, so you actually know a lot about each component, but generally you just have to measure (with a MM) or assume they are nominally rated at the comp's load rating (this works fine 95% of the time).

 

x2 to that

 

Generally 4ohms for each driver. The crossover keeps the amp from seeing both drivers at the same time.

 

I put an ohmmeter on the tweets from my infinity reference 5020cs just two weeks ago. they were about 6ohms. I didn't connect the tweets and woofer to the Xover then measure resistance at the Xover point though.

S21197, are you thinking of running your component set in an active setup? An amp for the woofers and another for the tweeters?

 

Yeah I was thinking about it. I wanted to get all the info so I could order my amps and everything at once

 

A multimeter will tell you the static load of each driver...... You need to meter them to be 100% before you do anything. Even better would be to call the manufacturer first to see what impedance they leave the factory at. If you meter them and it has a high load compared to what they say, you'll know it is time for some new drivers soon. You can kill two birds with one stone here. We can speculate all day on what they are, but the meter won't decieve. If they are something wonky like a 1 ohm load (highly unlikely) then you'll need to find a 1 ohm stable 2 or 4 channel to run them. I doubt that will be a problem though, to be honest. Any 2 or 4 ohm stable amp should do just fine, but METER THEM FIRST lol

 

Thanks for all the help. I measured the resistance and the woofer was 4 exactly but the tweeter was 3.6. I'm gonna assume that it's supposed to be 4 and there's just something wrong with it

 

Nope, it is fine. There is no law that says it must be exactly 4 ohms.