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Re: Four pi power rating!!! [message #52143 is a reply to message #52142] |
Wed, 21 May 2008 12:57 |
Chris R
Messages: 133 Registered: May 2009
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> Power handling is 600Wrms. Given that this is mostly the power rating of the bass driver, does that translate to safe power for the high freq. driver? Reason I ask is that when I crank mine to clipping slightly on the amp (~450W), the protection lights are on a significant amount. Is that protection light usable as a power warning light, or can this go on all night safely? Next adventure is biamping the PSD2002. How can you tell when you've reached the power limits in this situation (no passive crossover w/power limiter lights)? Thx, Chris
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Re: Four pi power rating!!! [message #52144 is a reply to message #52143] |
Wed, 21 May 2008 13:27 |
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Wayne Parham
Messages: 18783 Registered: January 2001
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Of course, if you ran a 600 watt sine wave into a 100 watt compression tweeter, you would damage it. But the crossover reduces it 10x, so the tweeter never receives that much power. Resistors R1 and R2 would be the weak link if you sent a full power sine wave at 2kHz or so. In practice, the frequency distribution and crest factor of normal music material makes the resistor bank sized right, even oversized.I've run these speakers with this crossover for years and years on a Crown 2400 watt amplifier, pushing them hard for hours at a time and never had a failure. Not that I couldn't make a failure happen with a sine at 2kHz, but I certainly haven't babied them. I push them hard sometimes, and I've done it often enough that I feel confident in those resistor values and the numbers used. If I didn't, I'd change the design to use more of them.
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Re: Four pi power rating!!! [message #52150 is a reply to message #52145] |
Wed, 21 May 2008 22:44 |
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Wayne Parham
Messages: 18783 Registered: January 2001
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Those lights come on pretty early, really. They limit current more when glowing because resistance goes up when the filament is hot. But the things they're protecting are sure to be safe that way.The lamps would protect a driver without padding. The compensation components actually shift the point where protection is needed. So in this circuit, a pair of 211 bulbs make for very conservative protection, limiting more than is really necessary.
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