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- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: 12V Power Amplifier Design
- Message-ID: <185165@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 03:29:06 GMT
- Sender: daemon@pyramid.pyramid.com
- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
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- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corporation
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- In article <C1J0vp.BC0@ns1.nodak.edu> csmith@plains.NoDak.edu (Carl Smith) writes:
- >This is where I have trouble accepting the amps that deliver many hundreds
- >of watts of power.
-
- [deleted]
- >the amp and supply are 100% efficient, that would take over 48 amps
- >at 12 volts. If you consider the 80% and 43% given above, that comes
- >to 140 amps at 12 volts. Now you understand why people with these
- >kinds of amps run power cables directly to the battery, and the cables
- >are the same size as the battery cables. Well, batteries can deliver
- >many hundreds of amps for short periods, but they must be recharged
- >by the alternator. And the alternator in my car can put out only 60
- >amps, and a major portion of that goes to running the cars electrical
- >system, especialy when the lights are on. What I am wondering is if
- >people with these amps have dead batteries all the time...
- >
-
- No, but there is a pretty brisk market in those big Cadillac
- 80 amp alternators as conversions on cars with big amps.
-
- But with the alternator running, the system should be at closer
- to 13.7 volts.
-