I just got a 16 ohm hot plate for my peavey classic 30. The hot plate inputs and outputs are 1/4" jacks, and my amp speaker wires are just wires with slide on clips that attach to the speakers, just like a car audio speaker. The guy at the store said I would have do the following to get the Hot Plate to work:
1. Remove the wires from the power amp to the speaker and install a 1/4" jack on those wires. Then connect that to the input of the Hot Plate.
2. Take unshielded speaker wire and install a 1/4" jack on on one end. Connect that end to the output of the Hot Plate. Connect the other end of this wire to the speaker by soldering or installing more clips that slide on, ...like what's on there now.
I didn't have a problem with that but I just thought of something: What happens when I plug my extension cab in? I then have a 16 ohm Hot Plate breaking only one speaker, ..and my understanding is that when the extension cab is plugged in, ...a 16 ohm speaker, the amp operates at 8 ohms. So then there is a 16 ohm Hot Plate operating on a 8 ohm system. This doesn't sound good. How do I do this?
1. Remove the wires from the power amp to the speaker and install a 1/4" jack on those wires. Then connect that to the input of the Hot Plate.
2. Take unshielded speaker wire and install a 1/4" jack on on one end. Connect that end to the output of the Hot Plate. Connect the other end of this wire to the speaker by soldering or installing more clips that slide on, ...like what's on there now.
I didn't have a problem with that but I just thought of something: What happens when I plug my extension cab in? I then have a 16 ohm Hot Plate breaking only one speaker, ..and my understanding is that when the extension cab is plugged in, ...a 16 ohm speaker, the amp operates at 8 ohms. So then there is a 16 ohm Hot Plate operating on a 8 ohm system. This doesn't sound good. How do I do this?