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Possible speaker short?

I am moving into some full range speakers.I would like to sell my older Castle bookshelves however i think there may be a short in them.When i connect them my amp runs hot.I tried measuring them with a voltmeter.Both the low frequency and high frequency posts give me a reading when the brass jumpers are installed, however when they are removed i only get a reading from the low frequency binding posts.Should i be getting a reading off of both?
blazen69

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timrhu
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Did you mean you connected your ohm meter? If so you should read 4-8 ohms through each driver.
timrhu
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Xti16,

Have you ever measured a speaker with an ohm meter? After reading your post I got up and measured two different speakers; Kestrel Hotrods (without jumpers) measured 6 ohms across woofer and several k ohms across the tweeter and Silverline SR-11s (jumpers in place) measured 8 ohms.
The meter used was an analog meter. Maybe tomorrow I'll try a digital meter but I have measured coils when troubleshooting and they measure some resistance.
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