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Testing Tonsil GD IO (16/4/3) 15 Ohm: How to use a multimeter & verify speaker functionality

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  • #1 6077140
    DamikoV
    Level 10  
    Hello
    As in the subject. I found some nice speakers but I don't know if they work and I don't know how to check it. Knowing life, you have to pick up a meter .. and here a problem arises, because I don't even know how to use the meter. At the rear, the speakers have + and - and two super short wires. The only things I can read from the speakers are:
    Tonsil
    GD IO (?) 16/4/3
    15Ohm
    Quibeer License

    I will only point out that these are not square speakers, but how to say ... their interior. So this "egg-shaped" part with a circle inside. Just a loudspeaker without a housing :D
    Please help me diagnose and operate the meter.
    Regards!
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  • #2 6077161
    patryk8528
    Level 2  
    The easiest way to check the speakers is by connecting them to some amplifier, the meter will not help you here.
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  • #3 6077334
    adambyw
    Moderator of Acoustics
    Switch the meter to resistance measurement - ?, to its lowest range.
    the result should be around 3-9 ?, take into account the resistance of the cables, i.e. shorten 2 cables first, read the measurement (it can be around 2 ? ;) and measure the speaker - it doesn't matter. (the result of 7? or 7? - 2? for the cables will be 5? ;)

    This is one test. The second is a 9V battery, short the battery contacts with the speaker contacts for a fraction of a second. It should "knock" during this process. Do not hold the batteries on the contacts.

    These 2 tests above will not give an unequivocal result, they are the first test worth doing on a loudspeaker. It only reflects the state of the coil (not burnt) and that the speaker is not seized (diaphragm is moving).

    Finally, it is worth carrying out a listening test, that is, connect it to the amplifier and listen to whether it is walking and how it is going, or not, for example, whirring.
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  • #4 6094542
    Damian R.
    Level 17  
    The meter is for the lowest resistance range and check that the meter is 15 ? (plus or minus about 1 ?, also depends on the class of the meter)

    The method with a battery can also be used, but it is better to use one 1.5V "finger" battery

    The best way is to check it on the amplifier or on the tower.
  • #5 6097041
    gilus1
    Level 29  
    Damian R. wrote:
    The meter is for the lowest resistance range and check that the meter is 15 ? (plus or minus about 1 ?, also depends on the class of the meter)


    It doesn't have to be 15 ?. It may be more or less.
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