Wakarusa
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Doing final measurements on an amp and thought this might be of interest.
This is one way to answer the question "How do you know the output power of an amp?".
Note: thermal dissipation in the power tubes (plate current * plate voltage) is not the right answer
FWIW, the C50-RT ("Bob") into an 8 ohm load with a 440Hz (low A) input starts to compress at about 25W with max clipped power at about 43W when running a pair of 6L6GC
And yes, I need to clean up my bench.
This is one way to answer the question "How do you know the output power of an amp?".
Note: thermal dissipation in the power tubes (plate current * plate voltage) is not the right answer


FWIW, the C50-RT ("Bob") into an 8 ohm load with a 440Hz (low A) input starts to compress at about 25W with max clipped power at about 43W when running a pair of 6L6GC
And yes, I need to clean up my bench.