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Electrical switch

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Postby Wayne162 » November 25th, 2015, 3:11 pm

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The attached photos are of what appears to be a dimmer switch in the master state room of my 1997 Carver 405. It does not work and I don't know what it's for. Can anybody tell me what it does?
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Re: Electrical switch

Postby After Taxes » November 25th, 2015, 4:08 pm

Could it be a remote volume for the stereo?
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Re: Electrical switch

Postby AaHubb » November 25th, 2015, 5:11 pm

The technical term is an L-pad. It acts as a volume control for remote speakers while maintaining a constant load to the stereo.
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Re: Electrical switch

Postby Wayne162 » November 27th, 2015, 8:49 am

Ahh, maybe that is why the interior stereo speakers are not functioning. I will give it a look and see if that is the problem. Thank you.
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Postby waybomb » November 28th, 2015, 1:38 pm

AaHubb wrote:Source of the post The technical term is an L-pad. It acts as a volume control for remote speakers while maintaining a constant load to the stereo.
..Aaron

Can you tell me the "why" one would want a constant load to the amp? Does a built in fader in the head unit do the same thing, meaning, allows for a constant amp load?
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Postby AaHubb » November 29th, 2015, 10:47 am

Yea, my bad. "Load" isn't really the right term. I should have said impedance. An L-pad maintains the impedance (8 ohms) to the amp while varying the signal to the speakers.
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Postby Wayne162 » November 30th, 2015, 12:04 pm

Thanks all. It appears to be an L-pad.
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Postby waybomb » November 30th, 2015, 1:18 pm

AaHubb wrote:Source of the post Yea, my bad. "Load" isn't really the right term. I should have said impedance. An L-pad maintains the impedance (8 ohms) to the amp while varying the signal to the speakers.
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Thanks for answering - now I know!
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