How do I run 2 16 ohm cabs with my Triple Rectifier??

On the back of Triple, I have 5 speaker connections: One 16 ohm, two 8 ohms and two 4 ohms. Can I run two 16 ohm 4x12's?? If so, how can I do it? My soundman said I could run them in the two 8 ohms because that will equal 16 ohms. Is he right???? Can I run two of them, and how? :?

your sound"guy" was an idiot. plug both 16 ohm cabs into the two 8 ohm jacks. when you paralell two speakers together, you get half the impedance of one, not double.
ex: two 8 ohm cabs would make 4, two 4 ohm cabs would make 2, and theres not many amps that can handle a 2 ohm load, so be careful!

So he's an idiot, (a drunk idiot sometimes) but he was kind of right in a way? I can run both of the cabs in the 8 ohm jacks and be safe, right?

I run mine in by coming out of one of the 8 ohm jacks into my top cab, then from the top cab down to the bottom one. It's safe to run the next step, but I wouldn't go any further than that.

vulture2600 said:

your sound"guy" was an idiot. plug both 16 ohm cabs into the two 8 ohm jacks. when you paralell two speakers together, you get half the impedance of one, not double.
ex: two 8 ohm cabs would make 4, two 4 ohm cabs would make 2, and theres not many amps that can handle a 2 ohm load, so be careful!

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How was he an idiot....he said the exact same thing you just did.... :?

By plugging two 16ohm cabs into 8ohm parallel jacks you'll halve the impedance, which is what both of you just said.

crap i read that totally backwards
point taken, i guess im the idiot.
anyways.....yeah....sorry

2 16ohm cabs.
1 8ohm output.

Head -> cab 1 -> parrallel out of cab 1 -> cab 2

With the marshall stereo cabs they have either 16 ohm ins or 4ohm ins when running in mono which is the best way to hook up a triple in this scenario ?

I may be buying a 2nd marshall in the next couple days and need to know which outs - ins to use.

thanks

hook them both into the 8 ohm jacks on the t-rec and use the 16 ohm
jacks on the cabs

Thanks everyone, that sure helps me out. I'm looking forward to pushing 2 cabs with my recto. I've only been pushing one 2x12 for the last 4 months, so this will be a big step up. Thanks again!!

Yes thank you to everyone as well.

vulture2600 said:

hook them both into the 8 ohm jacks on the t-rec and use the 16 ohm
jacks on the cabs

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Another question about this...

Does this halve the volume/output from the amp or does it kinda double it since your running 2 cabs at the same power ?

I realize the wattage doesn't double but essentially the output or percieved output should no ?

mrdylan said:

Another question about this...

Does this halve the volume/output from the amp or does it kinda double it since your running 2 cabs at the same power ?

I realize the wattage doesn't double but essentially the output or percieved output should no ?

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simple answer, you will be moving more air, so yes.

I have a solo 50 II (3 outs; 1 8ohm, 2 4ohm) and the manual shows how to hook 2 eight ohm cabs up by running one 8 ohm cab into one 4ohm output, and the other 8 ohm cab in to the other 4 ohm out put. So, I imagine this would relate to you running one 16 ohm cab into the 8 ohm out and the other 16 ohm cab into the other 8 ohm out - Like (if I'm understatnding right) the sound guy said.

I'd personally check the online manual for the connections, and if you cannot find them, call a tech.