LeroyOZ Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Hello everyone, My question is, how do power amps that produce say 1900W into 4 ohms per channel get it out of a 10a/240V power socket? I have 2 Camco Tecton 38.4s and am wondering...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyP1955 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Hello everyone, My question is, how do power amps that produce say 1900W into 4 ohms per channel get it out of a 10a/240V power socket? I have 2 Camco Tecton 38.4s and am wondering...... They don't. At full power, they will draw much more current. But when playing music with reasonable dynamics, amps draw much less (many makers spec the "usual" current draw at 1/8 power). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Make yourself a big cup of coffee, get comfortable, and read this thread which fully answers your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killyp Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 And just for reference, a standard UK socket is 240v/13a which equates to ~3000 watts, although it's often more than this (as being discussed here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ross Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 And just for reference, a standard UK socket is 240v/13a which equates to ~3000 watts, although it's often more than this (as being discussed here. <Pedantic mode> It is in fact 230v +10%/-6% to bring us into line with our European cousins </Pedantic mode> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killyp Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I think you'll find that's not always the case. http://cosec.bit.uni-bonn.de/fileadmin/emos/Nerd_smiley.png Take that for pedantic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ross Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I think you'll find that's not always the case. http://cosec.bit.uni-bonn.de/fileadmin/emos/Nerd_smiley.png Take that for pedantic.230v +10% / -6% makes the lower limit 216.2v and a higher limit of 253v so 240v is comfortable within those limits hence I am not surprised that when most people still measure their supply they get around 240v (Which is roughly what I get anyway). It still does not change the fact that the standard is meant to be 230v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killyp Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Whoops, I am in a kerfuffle. I do of course mean 230v. Sorry BR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappie Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 <Pedantic mode> It is in fact 230v +10%/-6% to bring us into line with our European cousins </Pedantic mode>Just for accuracy, our power is now 230V +10%/-10%. +10%/-6% was the transition period of 1995-2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ross Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 <Pedantic mode> It is in fact 230v +10%/-6% to bring us into line with our European cousins </Pedantic mode>Just for accuracy, our power is now 230V +10%/-10%. +10%/-6% was the transition period of 1995-2008. I was hoping no one would point that out as I realised about 4 hours after posting that info that is was now out of date. Once again I underestimated the power of the blue room pedantic machine To make this post “slightly” useful here is a link to a peavey (stop laughing at the back) paper about the effect http://www.peavey.com/support/technotes/ha...y/chapter_4.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPAman Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 To make this post “slightly” useful here is a link to a peavey (stop laughing at the back) paper about the effect Well I didn't laugh (honest) until I got to the bit about toilets :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 <Insert comment about them needing to put as much time and thought into their designs as their papers> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lewis Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 <Insert comment about them needing to put as much time and thought into their designs as their papers> Wasn't the CS800 actually built like a brick ****house?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndenim Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 <Insert comment about them needing to put as much time and thought into their designs as their papers> Wasn't the CS800 actually built like a brick ****house?! I KNEW this post would generate sarcasm, the word 'Peavey' alone brings smiles to the faces of most sound ops.I think their amps are the best Peavey have, everything else is pretty dire. ( although I use some peavey stuff myself) :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mervaka Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I've got to admit, some of their guitar amps are pretty nice sounding, notably the 5150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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