Allen ADC 6300 Technical Question

[Stan Crandall]

We have been remodeling our home and are on the last room - the living room. The organ has been moved to a temporary spot in the eating area. Speakers are spread out in different rooms. I have a real nice plan for the organ when it goes back to it's normal room. I wasn't going to hook it up but couldn't resist, even though things are spread out. For a short term fix, I hooked up two speakers to the great and to the choir (2 channels each to their normal Allen speakers) plus the sub it's channel 7. I did not hook up the swell speakers. My thinking was that the swell stops would play via the 'swell to great' or 'swell to choir' couplers. It does not. No swell.

Both great and choir play as normal. I'm wondering why the swell division will not play through couplers to great or choir division? Do the couplers depend on speaker impedence to connect to another division? Last, I hope I'm not messing something up by not hooking up all the speakers - I wouldn't think so. This is only a temporary arrangement...

[AllenAnalog]

The tone generators in the cage are always connected to their respective amplifiers and speakers for each division. That does not change with the use of couplers. Control of the swell stops is added to the great or choir manual keys when you activate the couplers but the stops always sound through their native audio channels. That's why you are not hearing anything with those speakers disconnected.

You are not messing up anything by not connecting all of the speakers. Just be sure that the wires for those speakers are disconnected at the amplifier outputs or that you have put tape or wire nuts on those speaker wire ends if they are still connected to the amplifiers.

[myorgan]

Just be sure that the wires for those speakers are disconnected at the amplifier outputs or that you have put tape or wire nuts on those speaker wire ends if they are still connected to the amplifiers.

Larry,

Actually, aren't those wire ends supposed to be KEPT APART if they are disconnected? By suggesting wire nuts, it sounds like you're asking for them to be kept connected together, and I'm not so sure that's a good idea.:o

Michael

[Pipeorganbuilder]

What Larry is saying is to wire nut each wire so they do not touch--not connect them under a single wire nut.

[myorgan]

Oh, phew. That's a relief!

Michael

[Stan Crandall]

Good answer Larry. I thought there was a simple explanation. Makes sense and me feel better. And, there are no wires connected to the unused swell amplifiers. Although, to do the temporary was difficult. The organ is about 10 or 12 inches from the wall and I'm not a spring chicken. It was a tight physical fit wiring up the terminal blocks. 🙂 Thanks for the information.