Ouch! Sorry to hear that, Rodman.
I'm very surprised, though. Here is a datasheet for an Energizer alkaline "C" battery, indicating a **minimum** nominal internal resistance of 0.15 ohms. Even if we make the extremely unrealistic assumption that it could maintain an output of 1.5 volts into a direct short, and even if we make the extremely unrealistic assumption that the DC resistance of the tweeter is zero, and even if the capacitor offered zero resistance to the resulting current, the battery could only provide (1.5^2)/0.15 = 15 watts, which in that situation would all be dissipated in its internal resistance. While datasheets I've seen over the years for various tweeters all show power handling capabilities of at least several tens of watts.
Regards,
-- Al
I'm very surprised, though. Here is a datasheet for an Energizer alkaline "C" battery, indicating a **minimum** nominal internal resistance of 0.15 ohms. Even if we make the extremely unrealistic assumption that it could maintain an output of 1.5 volts into a direct short, and even if we make the extremely unrealistic assumption that the DC resistance of the tweeter is zero, and even if the capacitor offered zero resistance to the resulting current, the battery could only provide (1.5^2)/0.15 = 15 watts, which in that situation would all be dissipated in its internal resistance. While datasheets I've seen over the years for various tweeters all show power handling capabilities of at least several tens of watts.
Regards,
-- Al