KLH 5 cap wiring question

dodog

Addicted Member

• Feb 17, 2012

• #1

Hopefully this is an easy one. I have a set of KLH 5's that I'm recapping. There is an odd brown cap, with two red wires and a black wire, listed as:

Red (2 x 4)
Black (Com)
(wires circled in green)

Do I wire two, 4 uF caps like option A (series?) with a shared common/ground? Or, do I wire like option B (parallel), with the two red wires splitting off and a shared common/ground?

Or is there some other option that I haven't listed that's correct? My gut tells me to go with option A but I'd love some input. Thanks in advance.

 

spkrdtr

spkrfixer

• Feb 18, 2012

• #2

Option A is the correct one.

 

dodog

Addicted Member

• Feb 18, 2012

• #3

Thanks for the feedback spkrdtr.

I'm a nervous Nelly though. Can anyone else confirm/deny that Option A is correct?

 

spkrdtr

spkrfixer

• Feb 18, 2012

• #4

dodog said:

Thanks for the feedback spkrdtr.

I'm a nervous Nelly though. Can anyone else confirm/deny that Option A is correct?

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If it helps calm your nerves a bit, I've done at least a 1/2 dozen KLH-5 crossover rebuilds. :yes:

 

jimbofish

for TRULY GREAT MUSIC

• Feb 19, 2012

• #5

dodog said:

I'm a nervous Nelly though. Can anyone else confirm/deny that Option A is correct?

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For more confirmation, look in the KLH 17 thread here. It used similar dual caps that were replaced with separates wired as in A.

FWIW I recapped my 17's as in A. Still need to seal the surrounds yet, and replace one rotted cab.

 

bsabel

Well-Known Member

• Feb 19, 2012

• #6

I reviewed my recap and checked the schematic and A is correct. As a double check, according to the schematic, the leg of one cap leads to the input, the joined legs lead to switch positions 6 & 7, and the remaining leg leads to switch position 12.