Hey, I got an amp, a Traynor Guitar Mate 20. There website says its rated at 20watts. But the back says 40 watts, and the speaker says 30watts. I got some pictures of it: they are here
http://www.igotshIt.net/havenbbs/showthread.php?p=176997#post176997
I just wanted to know if this meant that somehting is wrong with my amp.
Thanks
~PauL~
UGHHHH I hate the censor, its supposed to be http://www.igotsh it.net I would have gotten something thats not blocked out, but its the only other message board. So yah http://www.igotsh it.net/havenbbs/showthread.php?p=176997#post176997
So if someone thinks they can help me, just get rid of the space between sh and it and it should work.
Thanks alot
~PauL~
Hi Paul.
Not to fear! I don't think they built your amp from spare parts that were laying around. ;)
I didn't check the link, but I'll assume that Traynor knows what they're talking about.
The 20W is the amount of Output Power that the amp can produce.
The 40W is probably near two other numbers that are followed by VAC and Hz? That how much power the amp needs, in simple terms.
Somewhere on the back, you should also see 20W near two other numbers followed by RMS and OHMS. There's your amps Output Power.
The 30W on the speaker simply means that 30 watts is all the juice that speaker wants. It's common practice to use a speaker(s) that exceeds the Output wattage.
Make sense?
"Don't try to describe a KISS concert if you've never seen it." Jimmy Buffett
Hey, thanks man, I'm glad theres nothign wrong with it, because I might sell it and take the money from that, and what Igot saved up now, and buy a better amp.
~PauL~
Preston's right; 20 watts is how much power the amp can put out for extended lengths of time...this is basically how powerful the amp really is.
The 30 watts is basically how much electrical power the speaker can handle for extended lengths of time. It's wise to have a speaker that can handle a bit more power than the amp can put out...just to be safe.
The 40 watts is the maximum amount of power the amp uses in total. This is more than its output power because amps are never 100% efficient...20 watts is available for you to use to make sound, the other 20 watts is lost as heat.
