High Current Outlet Limit
solidus28
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I am looking at possibly purchasing a Panamax MAX 5300-EX. My current setup consists of a Sony STR-DG1000 receiver, Sony PS3, Xbox 360, and a Scientific Atlantic Cable Box. I will be receiving 3 Outlaw Model 200 amps next week to add to my setup. My question is, what's the best way to plug everything in since it seems all the Panamax products only have 2 High Current Outlets. Do I need to buy 2 Panamax MAX 5300-EX? Can I plug a power strip into a high current outlet or would that defeat some of the purpose? I would like to have the receiver and 3 amps in the High Current Outlets if possible.
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Are any of them actually capable of high current?Political Correctness'.........defined
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Maybe I don't understand what it's for. I thought that amps were better off plugged into the High Current outlets on the power conditioner and the rest of the stuff could be plugged in the other outlets. Is there no advantage to plugging in the amps to High Current Outlets? Are you asking if the Power Conditioner or Amps/Reciever are capable of High Current?
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The amp(s) and receiver.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
What would determine if they are high current? The STR-DG1000 is 120wx7 (which will only be powering 2 RTi10s once the amps get here) and the amps are 200w monoblocks. Does that help?
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I looked at their website and they don't list a Model 200, just a 2200, which I'll assume is a new version of yours.
It doesn't list a rating for current, usually stated as peak amps, but it does say, "Power Consumption: 600 watts maximum/<3 watts standby." So, each amp is only capable of drawing 600 watts maximum, which I doubt you'll ever do, so that tells me you can plug them into any outlet on the Panamax without worry.
Now, IF you ever did max out the amps, so that they actually were drawing 600 watts each, times 3 would be 1800 watts, which equals 15 amps and would be at the maximum limit of your typical house outlet circuit breaker. However, the chances of you doing that are slim to none.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
Ok, that's good to know and will save me some money. The Model 200 is an older version of it and I believe the only difference is that the 200 does not have balanced inputs. Thank you for your help, F1nut.
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You're welcome.
What I wrote above doesn't really address if the amps are high current or not. Some folks will say that any amp rated at 200 wpc is a high current amp, but in my book, that's just not true.
Anyway, in your case I'm 100% certain that you can plug those amps into any outlet on the Panamax and be good to go as long as the outlet is rated for at least 600 watts.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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I plug the amp directly to the wall,all other gear goes thru the monster P/C.Even though most power conditioners have a high current outlet,I find it to be limiting on high current gear.Don't ask me why,but you will be able to tell the difference.HT SYSTEM-
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I've ran up to as many 5 amps, 1 subwoofer, 1 receiver, cdp, vcr, tv, xbox, dvdp on one outlet -- no issues
Currently am running my monsterous monos, TV, CDP, XBox 360, two preamps on one outlet - but now through a power conditioner, and for the life of me cant tell the difference haha- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
I would use the receiver in the high output plugs, the rest are not really drawing that much current that you will notice. I ran 5 Outlaw monoblocks, a big crt tv and other components through the same outlet with no problem. The Outlaws are class G and run cool for long periods.
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