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Why is the wattage for a guitar amp different than is input power?
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?
3 Answers
- raindogLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
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.
- GeneLv 71 decade ago
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.
- tlbs101Lv 71 decade ago
The amp wastes it as Heat.
The amplifier is simply that *in*efficient. That's just the way it is.
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Source(s): Elec. Engineer / musician. .