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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: blue on February 25, 2013, 11:16:17 PM

Title: power conditioner question
Post by: blue on February 25, 2013, 11:16:17 PM

i've been wondering about getting a power conditioner to see if it would reduce noise in my gear.  today we discovered two of them, lying unused under a shelf at my work!  i brought home a BT power conditioner.  it says max 2A on the output, whilst on the back of my amp it says 375 watts.  i have  no idea how this matches up!  is a two amp output enough to drive this ok?  anyone any idea?

Title: Re: power conditioner question
Post by: Twinfan on February 26, 2013, 10:46:42 AM

I think if the mains fuse on the back of your amp is 2A or less (which it probably is) you should be OK?

Title: Re: power conditioner question
Post by: gwEm on February 26, 2013, 10:49:42 AM

power = current * voltage = 2 * 240 = 480w

you should be fine!

Title: Re: power conditioner question
Post by: blue on February 26, 2013, 11:05:17 AM

thanks guys.  i was just speaking to an electrical engineer here at work, and he gave me the same answer as Gwem :)  i'll try it tonight, i'm interested to see if it makes any difference, and it's a bonus that i got the conditioner for nothing!

Title: Re: power conditioner question
Post by: Plenum n Heather on February 26, 2013, 01:39:56 PM

Power conditioning will absolutely make a difference, but -- there are also gradations of power conditioning, so how much of a difference remains to be seen. Conditioning combined with a continuous UPS is the best solution for sonics, but gets costly in a hurry!

Amplifiers LOVE seeing nice, clean, constant power.

Title: Re: power conditioner question
Post by: blue on February 27, 2013, 10:16:08 AM

that was my thinking Ben, i knew it would make some difference, but would it be significantly audible.  i've tried it now with one amp, the Marshall AFD100.  if it did make a difference, it was very subtle.  it seemed as though there may have been a little more clarity in the high end, but of course that could be my imagination! the amp remained quite hissy, but it has always seemed quite noisy to me.  i've been told to try some different preamp valves in it, apparently the ones Marshall used in early production were quite noisy and they changed. 

tonight, i'll try a different amp, something with less gain, and see how that goes.  i'm thinking my 1969 Super P.A.

Title: Re: power conditioner question
Post by: gwEm on February 27, 2013, 10:44:41 AM

i've always thought the power in gig venues is alot less smooth than at home, with lots of noise from PA and other equipment being dropped to earth.

you might notice more of an improvement live.