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Gary Fitzpatrick

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100v line from Zeck PT7 amp
« on: July 26, 2012, 07:58:03 AM »

I provide temporary announcement systems for football matches and the like using horn speakers. Now, up until this i have been using TOA mixer amps specifically designed for 100v line operation. However, they are only 180w models. On some occasions I have had a large system up, and have split the system into two segments, using a seperate amp for each one. However, I notice that on the spec sheet for the Zeck PT7 amp it says that the amp can be used for 70v or 100v line operation in the bridge mode.

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In addition to that, any PT amplifier working in BRIDGE mode can
be directly connected to a 100V-line (70V-line) constant
voltage sound system.

Would this work okay for 100v line operation? And what sort of wattage should I expect from the amp?

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The manual can be viewed here..the quote in question is on page 12

http://www.dpmusic.hu/WEBSET_DOWNLOADS/402/zeck_PT7_technical%20_data.pdf

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Re: 100v line from Zeck PT7 amp
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2012, 09:25:21 AM »

Power = (Voltage**2)/Impedance, so (70.7V**2)/8 Ohms equals 625W.  Thus any amp rated 625W or greater into 8 Ohms should be able to direct drive a system that uses 8 Ohm speakers with 70V transformers.
 
Doing the same for 100V gives (100V**2)/8 Ohms, which is 10,000/8 or 1,250W.  So the amp would need to be rated 1,250W or greater into 8 Ohms.  The PT7 is rated at 1,400W into 8 Ohms in bridge mode so that should work, provided the speaker transformer secondaries are 8 Ohm.  The amp would be 1,250W at 70V but your output is going to be determined by the taps at the speaker transformers.
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