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stang351w

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Posted: October 09, 2006 at 9:12 PM / IP Logged

i've been doing some research trying to figure out how to find out the actual output of an amp. and i'm getting a little confused.

test amp, kenwood kac-811D mono sub amp

it's rating is 533W @ 4 ohms mono

919W @ 2ohm mono

and 1016W @ 1 ohm mono

with a poor s/r ratio of 74dba

those are all measured at 14.4 volts. and it has 3 x 25A fuse's

i'm mainly trying to find out if this amp will run 1000 rms befor it blows up or shuts down. i've got a customer that bought a DD 3512 and he's bent on keeping this amp so i'm just wondering how efficent this thing is and weither or not it's getting close to 1000 rms or if the peaks 1000 rather then 1600.

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Posted: October 09, 2006 at 9:48 PM / IP Logged

25X3=75A in, peak

75AX14.4v=1080W in, peak

By my calculations, NO, it won't run 1000w. That would be a PEAK value. Continuous power would likely be around 600 to 650 watts, on a good day. Typical Kenwood... not exactly a fan.

Impedance means nothing... read here... It explains MUCH more, and I don't want to type it all again.

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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stang351w

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Posted: October 10, 2006 at 9:22 PM / IP Logged

thanks for the reply, those are close to the numbers i was getting, just was double guessing myself. but just one last question, if it has a peak in of 1080 watts with 75A of fuseing, then how could they possibly say that it would run 1600 peak? or even come close to that number.. or is that with 16volts, everything wide open and peak amprage being pumped into it?

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haemphyst

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Posted: October 10, 2006 at 10:33 PM / IP Logged

100ms, 1K burst, probably.

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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Posted: October 10, 2006 at 10:50 PM / IP Logged

I believe a lot of the ratings, especially peak numbers, are mathmatically obtained..........

.......using Chinese arithmatic.

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