Bill Turner wrote:
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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> At 07:36 AM 1/8/2006, HAROLD B MANDEL wrote:
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>>The power supply is rated at 2545 VDC at 1.5 amperes.
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>>Hence, the power supply runs 3817.5 Watts through
>>the amplifier.
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> This part of your question puzzles me. I see you are in the US, so
> you will be running max output of 1500 watts. Most amplifiers are
> about 60-66% efficient, so the input will be around 2500 watts. Where
> does the figure of 3817.5 watts come from? At no time should you be
> putting that through the amp or lots of smoke will escape.
Most amplifiers can achieve 65% efficiency but will be noticably cleaner
if they're correctly tuned/loaded for 50-55%.
Steve
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