Jibix Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 I am troubleshooting issues with my receiver> I am hooking up 2 Klipsch R-14M to a Yamaha R-S201. After a few minutes, you can hear a relay clicking and it shuts off the receiver. I found a troubleshooting guide that asks to check the speaker impedance. The speakers are labelled as 8 ohms, the receiver requires 8 ohms speakers. So on the paper it matches. When I measure the resistance of each speaker with my multimeter, one shows 4 ohms and the other one 3.8 ohms. Is that normal? Am I checking the impedance the right way? Thanks for your support! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Welcome! Make certain no negative speaker bare wire is touching the other terminal post positive on the back of speakers and the Yamaha. Same for the positive side... @Jibix Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Unless you're listening at 100% volume for hours on end those speakers won't present any kind of difficult load for your receiver. Like billybob said, check for any stray wires. If these are new speakers to you it's 99.9% probable that's your problem. Or, there could be a loose wire inside one of the speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibix Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 Thank you @billybob, I did that, it reduced the issue, now shutting off after 20 minutes instead of 2 minutes. But still shutting off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 do you have any other 8 ohms speakers on hand to test -if you do , do the same test with the other pair ------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 11 minutes ago, Jibix said: Thank you @billybob, I did that, it reduced the issue, now shutting off after 20 minutes instead of 2 minutes. But still shutting off... Did you find a stray wire on a speaker or the Yamaha? Read your owners manual about clipping, overdriving, limit protection and, make sure you are not at crazy volume and tell us what you find. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, RandyH000 said: do you any other 8 ohms speakers on hand to test -if you do , do the same test with the other pair ------- Thought about that earlier. You take over now proffessor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 21 hours ago, billybob said: Thought about that earlier. You take over now proffessor. Hi Booby the Yamaha R-S201.is not designed to handle 4 ohms loads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 21 hours ago, billybob said: proffessor. Dr. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibix Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 5:48 PM, RandyH000 said: do you have any other 8 ohms speakers on hand to test -if you do , do the same test with the other pair ------- Sorry, don't, but is that possible to test my speakers with my multimeter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibix Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 5:52 PM, billybob said: Did you find a stray wire on a speaker or the Yamaha? Read your owners manual about clipping, overdriving, limit protection and, make sure you are not at crazy volume and tell us what you find. Thanks! I changed the two cable and connections are clean. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibix Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 (edited) On 10/3/2020 at 1:07 PM, wuzzzer said: Unless you're listening at 100% volume for hours on end those speakers won't present any kind of difficult load for your receiver. Like billybob said, check for any stray wires. If these are new speakers to you it's 99.9% probable that's your problem. Or, there could be a loose wire inside one of the speakers. This setup (receiver, speakers, turntable, cables) was working flawlessly for like two years, I used to listen to music 1-2 a week. All of a sudden, the receiver started to shut off after a few minutes and need to be unplugged and replugged to work again...just for a few minutes. And btw, I put the volume at like 45% to 55%, that is way enough for my bedroom:) Edited October 7, 2020 by Jibix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 37 minutes ago, Jibix said: This setup (receiver, speakers, turntable, cables) was working flawlessly for like two years, I used to listen to music 1-2 a week. All of a sudden, the receiver started to shut off after a few minutes and need to be unplugged and replugged to work again...just for a few minutes. And btw, I put the volume at like 45% to 55%, that is way enough for my bedroom:) you have a bad amp- you can pick one from Ebay for really cheap prices---- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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