In Reply to: RE: Making measurements advice Confusion posted by Sidewinder on September 18, 2017 at 17:44:00:
As I imply below, any well designed audio power amp intended for domestic music reproduction should tolerate an unloaded secondary under normal use conditions without damage.
FWIW, when I run basic tests on an amp, I first do it with a load and if it looks good I run some tests unloaded, typically freq resp and sq wave at ~ 1W equivalent.
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- RE: Making measurements advice Confusion - Steve O 20:02:58 09/18/17 (5)
- RE: Making measurements advice Confusion - gusser 21:14:16 09/18/17 (4)
- RE: Making measurements advice Confusion - Steve O 05:22:56 09/19/17 (2)
- RE:Still confused. - gusser 08:45:58 09/19/17 (1)
- My experience: unloaded conditions stress amp stability... - Steve O 09:16:16 09/19/17 (0)
- Yes, please load the secondary. - FenderLover 00:02:11 09/19/17 (0)