any electronics guys here?

[wotayottie]

I've broken the switch that controls the built in speakers at home and whilst I know how I want to wire it up, I dont know what the correct name for the switch is so I cant order one.

The set up has a set of stereo speakers in 2 rooms and single speakers in the kitchen and hallway. So the output from the stereo is either fed to one of the two rooms or paralleled and fed to the two single speakers ie three seperate options. Now I plan to commonise all the negatives which I guess means I need a double pole three way rotary switch for the positives. Is that correct?

 

[savageseadog]

You shouldn't parallel the amp outputs. You will have to select the source or amp to mono for the single speakers.

 

[dan9487]

I'm presuming that your kitchen and hallway speakers are wired together i.e. the third stereo pair?
If so a double pole three way would do it, that way you could still switch your negatives instead of making them common (probably a better idea).

 

[wotayottie]

would that allow for the four incoming wires - ie it would have 4 incoming and 3 sets of 4 outgoing.

but heres an odd one. with 8 ohm speakers and (say) 10 watt output max am I right in thinking I need a switch rated at 1.1 amps?

 

[dan9487]

Apolagies for my previous post, you would actually need a 4 pole 3 way (forgot you were running stereo) something like this should do you:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-Pole-3-Position-...93%3A1|294%3A50

It doesn't state a current rating but I would imagine you'd be fine if your only running 10 watts or so.

Rgds Dan