Class A Amp owners, Whats your power bill?

Schipo: Do you have to give them your old amp so it can be crushed?

Elevick: A 25 watt bulb? Yes, if you put 20 of them in a row.

Most power companies charge from 12 to 20 cents for every 1,000 watts run for 1 hour. So you can figure it from there.

It will be pulling 7.27 amps at idle, I can see the wheel spinning!!! The 25 watt lightbulb draws 0.23 amps.

Two Luxman M800a. Go solar.

If you have to ask, you probably can't afford it; better stick with Class D.

>>>Any way I figure it draws 800 +/- minus watts at IDLE! how much power you think I am pulling if I run it at a mostly 4 Ohm load when playing reasonably loud?<<<

Hardly any difference.

My Pass XA.5's draw 600 watts from the wall. At my 13 cents per kwh, it costs me less than a dime an hour to run them. Now, if I left them on 24/7 it would add about $70 a month to my elec bill (more in the summer because I would have the AC on more to help with the heat).

One thing that I like about Nelsons newer design is the standby switch. Only draws a few watts and no heat. The caps are kept fully charged so when I do flip them on it only takes about an hour to get up "heat" and they sound pretty nice while doing so. Electric co hates Nelson :-).