Well I'm not an electrician or anything, but i was just curious about this since I noticed it.
I have a Fender 212R guitar amp, which is supposedly 100 Watts. Well I looked on the back by where the power cable plugs in and it said Input Power 360 W
So my question is, what happens to the other 260 watts here?
2007-03-26 11:07:36 · 3 answers · asked by Steven B 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
a. Input watts are different than output watts.
b. Thats a solid-state amplifier and is essentially a glorified stereo amplifier.
c. Buy a tube amp. 30W will knock your socks off.
2007-03-27 09:08:33 · answer #1 · answered by raindog 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ever put your hand over the amp and feel the heat ??? Amplifier circuits are not 100 percent efficient. You waste a lot of power setting up the conditions on the circuit elements so you can get the power out. The inefficiency results in heat and that's where the extra power goes.
2007-03-26 11:12:19 · answer #2 · answered by Gene 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The amp wastes it as Heat.
The amplifier is simply that *in*efficient. That's just the way it is.
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2007-03-26 11:20:32 · answer #3 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋