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How do I measure the Le of a speaker? [message #18695] Wed, 05 April 2006 09:06 Go to next message
Tre' is currently offline  Tre'
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"Le
This is the voice coil inductance measured in millihenries (mH). The industry standard is to measure inductance at 1,000 Hz. As frequencies get higher there will be a rise in impedance above Re. This is because the voice coil is acting as an inductor. Consequently, the impedance of a speaker is not a fixed resistance, but can be represented as a curve that changes as the input frequency changes. Maximum impedance (Zmax) occurs at Fs."

I'm trying to implement a Zobel on a Trusonic FR80. I would like to find the TS's for this speaker.

Thanks...Tre'

Re: How do I measure the Le of a speaker? [message #18696 is a reply to message #18695] Wed, 05 April 2006 10:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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Measure the impedance of the speaker to find Le. It will be a complex impedance, having both reactance and resistance. You can use a Wheatstone bridge (inside a dedicated tester) or one of the measurement systems like Speaker Workshop to find impedance of your speaker.


LCR meter [message #18697 is a reply to message #18696] Wed, 05 April 2006 18:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Like from Parts Express.

I use mine often for testing tolerence of caps and coils!

Ron

Re: How do I measure the Le of a speaker? [message #18702 is a reply to message #18695] Thu, 06 April 2006 17:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Martin is currently offline  Martin
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Unfortunately, the effective Le and Re of the speaker's voice coil are going to change with increasing frequency. Fortunately, the Zobel circuits are not that sensitive so getting a Le and Re result at 1 kHz is good enough for sizing the Zobel. This is why there is typically a 25% factor in the rule of thumb equations for calculating the Zobel's capacitance and resistance.

Martin

Re: How do I measure the Le of a speaker? [message #18703 is a reply to message #18702] Thu, 06 April 2006 22:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Tre' is currently offline  Tre'
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Thanks, but how do I measure inductance at 1K hz? Can I make a inductance bridge like a impedance bridge?
I have an inductance meter but I don't know what freq. it uses.

Tre'

Re: How do I measure the Le of a speaker? [message #18704 is a reply to message #18703] Thu, 06 April 2006 23:07 Go to previous message
Tre' is currently offline  Tre'
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I found it. Le=(sqrt(3)*Re)/(2*pi*fx)
I have to find Re and fx first, but the article shows how to do that.

Thanks...Tre'


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