Class A Amp owners, Whats your power bill?


I was curious to see how much a cost in power a month it went up when you bought a high powered Class A Amplifier. Also what is your impedance?

I cant help but think of Krell KSA-100's for about a G that would be great for winter time (Not so great for summer). And nows the time to buy one whn some one doesnt want to deal with the heat issues anymore (Hopefully)

Any way I figure it draws 800 +/- minus watts at IDLE! how much power you think I am pulling if I run it at a mostly 4 Ohm load when playing reasonably loud?

Thanks a million

Toby
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Class "A" amps draw the most current at idle, and draw less when playing music. So you are saving money by playing music if it is on.

again... incorrect

The louder you play them the more efficient they get, but the current draw does not decrease. They produce less heat when playing music because some of the power they consume is being transferred to the speaker and not being dissipated as heat in the output devices, but total power consumed does not go down.

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