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Basic Question about Power Cables

Hi,

So I was thinking of changing out the stock power cable on my amp and one cable I was looking at said not to run more than 15amps through the cable. I'm not entirely sure how to approach that. How do I find from the specifications of my amp whether or not it violates that?
freckling
blindjim
3,092 posts
 
Simple. Look at the connection of the power cord to the amp... if it's a 15A IEC inlet, it will appear to look like a barn, or house... a 20A IEC will be flatly rectangular... the two corners won't be cut off as with the 15A.
electroid
283 posts
 
Look where the IEC is on the amp and it will tell you its AC power consumption in watts. To put that number into amps do this easy math: Power in watts divided by 120 = power in amps. Also like Jim said If you have a 15A IEC you'll have vetrical blades whereas a 20A IEC has horizontal blades. Most have 15A.

ET
rlwainwright
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On the back of your amp it should state the voltage and current draw - it should say something like "120 V 15 A". V = Volts, A = Amps.

It may, alternatively, have something like "120 V, 600 Watts". Since Watts = Volts * Amps, divide the Watts by the Volts and you get the Amps - 600/120 = 5 amps...

-RW-
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