AMP INPUT QUESTIONS

[Stellasstillarat]

I was using my Palomar/Boomer/shooting star/no name 500 12volt 35 amp power supply combination with my Robyn , which wss dead keying at 2 1/2 watts. My uniden Madison is dead keying at 5 watts. The amp gets the same good reports on the 5 watt Madison that it gets on the
2 1/2 watt radio. Im not comfortable keying it with 5 watts. Am I being paranoid? If I should lower the Madison to 2 1/2 can someone tell me how to lower it. I normally would not mess with it but I know that is something I could probably handle. If someone tells me exactly where the pot that contains the screw to turn down the wattage is. Thanks again to my wwdx family. I truly is a family.

 

[Wire Weasel]

You should lower it to 4 watts. Low-drive pill box max-in is pretty much universally 4 watts to avoid overheating & blowing the pills.

 

[Robb]

Dead key watts aren't as important as peak watts are into the amp - IMO . . .
Four pill amps generally require no more than 20w/peak, unless the pills are 2879's. In that case, 40w would be peak input.

 

[Stellasstillarat]

The amp is the Palomar 500 elite 12 volt power supply combination base amplifier. I'm fairly sure it contains four I 1446's. Im sure the Madison at 5watts dead key the anp seems to be straining, when I add modulation the fan seems to slow down ever so slitely. It also seems to get much hotter than when driving it with a 2 1/2 watt rig.QUOTE="

Dead key watts aren't as important as peak watts are into the amp - IMO . . .
Four pill amps generally require no more than 20w/peak, unless the pills are 2879's. In that case, 40w would be peak input.

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obb, post: 498596, member: 8446"]Dead key watts aren't as important as peak watts are into the amp - IMO . . .
Four pill amps generally require no more than 20w/peak, unless the pills are 2879's. In that case, 40w would be peak input.[/QUOTE]
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[9C1Driver]

What dead key and swing reading are you getting from your watt meter with the amp on? This will help you decide on what needs done.