There is no such thing as a 12 or 6 volt speaker. It may vary by resistance like
4 ohm or 8 ohm, but not by volts. Its been a long time since my "tube days", but
I would look into 4 ohm speakers. Putting an 8 ohm speaker on a 4 ohm radio may
burn out the voice coil in the speaker. The speaker voltage in is very minimal.
Try this experiement, hook up a slot car motor to a spaeker output and listen to
what happens. It will not spin to the beat of the music, instead it will play as
a speaker! The voltage of the radio has no connection to the required resistance
in the speakers.
new mexico jim
GremlinGTs@aol.com wrote:
> I believe that 6 volt radio speakers are 4-ohm units, not the 8-ohm standard
> of 12 volt. The 12 v speakers will probably work, but not as well due to the
> higher resistance value. You won't hurt anything by using them, really. Since
> I've never had a working 6-volt vehicle radio to play with ( well, I do have
> an old Ford radio somewhere that says 6v on it, but I've never tried it ), I
> don't know how well it'll operate. good luck!
>
> Jerry Casper
> Woodbridge, VA
>
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