will this damage my amp?

[nmcclure 10+ year member]

ok, factory jbl amp pushes a factory component set rated 2ohm 35 watts. Well, i have blown one of the speakers, replaced with cdt coax, but its 4 ohm, because i had trouble finding 2 ohm speakers. So, question is, am I going to damage the amp by changing the impedence, I know I will be getting less power, but whats the effect on the amp? thanks for helping the newb

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

If you increase the impedance, the amp will put out less power. No, you wouldn't hurt the amp.

Go lower on the impedance, you could very well cause the amp some problems.

 

[nmcclure 10+ year member]

ok, thats what i thought, just wanted to make sure though. I was worried, that i would have to 'exert' the amp more for the same level of output and worried that could damage it

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

more for the same level of output

You won't get the same level of output. If you swap 4ohm components where you had 2ohm ones before, you'll get roughly half your previous output power.