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Posted by Socrates on May 20, 2008, 8:19 pm
Please log in for more thread options I have an electronic quartz clock with chimes that needs a volume control. It has a 2 1/4 speaker and is way too loud for the room it is in. Is there any place that makes a inline volume control that I might be able to use to adjust this so it wouldn't be so loud. Please reply to the group. Thanks, Marty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Lord Garth on May 20, 2008, 8:31 pm
Please log in for more thread options Place a variable resistor in parallel with the speaker and adjust until you get a reasonable volume. You can then replace the variable resistor with a fix resistor of similar value. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Michael Black on May 20, 2008, 8:45 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Tue, 20 May 2008, Lord Garth wrote:
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>> Hello,
>> I have an electronic quartz clock with chimes that needs a volume control. >> It has a 2 1/4 speaker and is way too loud for the room it is in. Is >> there any place that makes a inline volume control that I might be able to >> use to adjust this so it wouldn't be so loud. Please reply to the group. >> Thanks, Marty >> >
If it's merely a clock, chanced are good that it's a piezoelectric
> Place a variable resistor in parallel with the speaker and adjust until you > get a > reasonable volume. You can then replace the variable resistor with a fix > resistor of similar value. > transducer, ie quite high impedance. So he may need to start with quite a high value of resistor. Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Lord Garth on May 20, 2008, 8:52 pm
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> On Tue, 20 May 2008, Lord Garth wrote:
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>>> Hello,
>>> I have an electronic quartz clock with chimes that needs a volume >>> control. >>> It has a 2 1/4 speaker and is way too loud for the room it is in. Is >>> there any place that makes a inline volume control that I might be able >>> to >>> use to adjust this so it wouldn't be so loud. Please reply to the >>> group. >>> Thanks, Marty >>> >>
>> Place a variable resistor in parallel with the speaker and adjust until >> you >> get a >> reasonable volume. You can then replace the variable resistor with a fix >> resistor of similar value. >> > If it's merely a clock, chanced are good that it's a piezoelectric
> transducer, ie quite high impedance. So he may need to start with > quite a high value of resistor. > > Michael He said 2.25" speaker so maybe not! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Michael Black on May 20, 2008, 10:59 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Tue, 20 May 2008, Lord Garth wrote:
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>> On Tue, 20 May 2008, Lord Garth wrote:
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>>>> Hello, >>>> I have an electronic quartz clock with chimes that needs a volume >>>> control. >>>> It has a 2 1/4 speaker and is way too loud for the room it is in. Is >>>> there any place that makes a inline volume control that I might be able >>>> to >>>> use to adjust this so it wouldn't be so loud. Please reply to the >>>> group. >>>> Thanks, Marty >>>> >>> >>> Place a variable resistor in parallel with the speaker and adjust until >>> you >>> get a >>> reasonable volume. You can then replace the variable resistor with a fix >>> resistor of similar value. >>> >> If it's merely a clock, chanced are good that it's a piezoelectric
>> transducer, ie quite high impedance. So he may need to start with >> quite a high value of resistor. >> >> Michael >
He did, I missed that.
> He said 2.25" speaker so maybe not! > It seems odd though, because in a straight alarm clock (as opposed to a clock radio) all the ones I've looked at use a piezoelectric transducer. Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> I have an electronic quartz clock with chimes that needs a volume control.
> It has a 2 1/4 speaker and is way too loud for the room it is in. Is
> there any place that makes a inline volume control that I might be able to
> use to adjust this so it wouldn't be so loud. Please reply to the group.
> Thanks, Marty
>