I was just looking at the specs on the Behringer ep2500 power amp and I realized it says that baby sucks 9.6amps. Now at that rate on a normal 15 amp circuit that you'd encounter a lot, you couldn't even run 2 of them on one could you? I highly doubt it's 9.6amps continuous unless its pushing max power, right? whats the opinion. Also, although these power amps are rated to run at 2 ohms, how much more demanding is that on the amp and is it a good idea? Just curious because if you daisy chain 2 4ohm cabinets together then thats 2 ohms so yeah...
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Well the watts an amp outputs is in...speaker talk, not really c
Well the watts an amp outputs is in...speaker talk, not really current draw, but yeah somewhat I don't think if an amp puts out 2000w at 2ohm that mean it's drawing 2000watts, it may be drawing more or less. :lol:
What i'm getting at is what do people do that run like 4 power amps like I'm planning on doing. If I do a gig i'm going to have to hook each power amp upto a different circuit from what it seems. Unless it's a nice hall or whatnot and has some nice big 50amp circuits or something.
One thing I just noticed in the behringer ep2500 manual is that
One thing I just noticed in the behringer ep2500 manual is that at 2ohms its only rated at 1khz, not 20hz-20khz, only 8 and 4 ohms are rated for that. so basically 2 ohms is a whole lot of resistance, but they advertise it capable of running at 2 ohms, would i blow one up running it at 2 ohms?
9.6 amps is draw at 1 Hz at unity gain (knobs fully clockwise).
9.6 amps is draw at 1 Hz at unity gain (knobs fully clockwise).
That comes from an electrician here. I've ran 4 of them together through a Monster PowerPro that showed the current draw and even playing Ying Yang Twins at 110 dB (RMS) 25 ft. from the stacks I was only pulling 11 amps max.
Also, they run just fine at 2 Ohms.
killersoundz wrote: What i'm getting at is what do people do tha
killersoundz wrote: What i'm getting at is what do people do that run like 4 power amps like I'm planning on doing.
4 of these amps all running into 2 ohms may cause trouble with you basic outlets.
You should have a current meter for your power distriburtion ... just as the Lighting fellow has.
killersoundz wrote: ... its only rated at 1khz, not 20hz-20khz, only 8 and 4 ohms are rated for that.
Never try to run full power with a 20kHz sine wave.
That's probably asking for trouble, even if they do say 20/20 at 4 and 8.
Brian has the best info for you,
BrianAltenhofel wrote: ... I've ran 4 of them together ... Ying Yang Twins at 110 dB (RMS) 25 ft. from the stacks I was only pulling 11 amps max.
I don't know what Ying Yangs are but the 11 amps gives you a real world figure to go by.
If you had a current meter on your system you would know your total power usage at any time.
As you system gets bigger and more demanding these are the tools of the trade you must carry with you.
It is advertised as a 2 x 1200 watt into 2 ohms unit that's 240
It is advertised as a 2 x 1200 watt into 2 ohms unit
that's 2400 watt and would rate our wall socket here in Australia to MAX
and that's assuming 100% efficiency
You just can't get away from the math and yes the current has to come from somewhere
Put a smaller fuse in it and see if it blows ... you may learn something about current draw