Fun with a wattmeter

[Prime]

I bought a nifty little wattmeter on ebay for about $25.
I tried it out on a couple heavy hitters.

All boxes were fed a 90 Hz tone via line-in with maximum volume.

CK-5 pulling 67 watts from the mains

Studio 1M pulling 126 watts from the mains

CK-11 pulling 156 watts from the mains

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[mellymelsr]

...is that output wattage?

 

[ahardb0dy]

it's how many watts the radio is using

 

[redbenjoe]

requesting more fun with more boxes --

not only more monsters-
-but if you have any good mid-sizers
like a lasonic 920 or a GE blockbuster or SCR-8

thanks

 

[Prime]

I'll get a few more done this weekend.

 

[Fatdog]

requesting more fun with more boxes --

not only more monsters-
-but if you have any good mid-sizers
like a lasonic 920 or a GE blockbuster or SCR-8

thanks

What is the CK-11 listed for as far as wattage? Is it anywhere near 156?

 

[Master Z]

Cool new toy!

 

[ViennaSound]

We need boomboxes with wattmeter instead VU´s

 

[AZA]

Very cool Prime !
It will be interesting to see a few more

With all this talk about 'which is the loudest ?' i have been
waiting for someone to put a decibel reader in front of some of the big
players too.

 

[MasterBlaster84]

Prime that's a cool idea, I've got one of those meters here but never thought about plugging the boomers in to it.

 

[oldskool69]

Very cool Prime !
It will be interesting to see a few more

With all this talk about 'which is the loudest ?' i have been
waiting for someone to put a decibel reader in front of some of the big
players too.

Pretty Cool.
AZA...wha it's telling everyone is power consumption. A dB meter won't really tel you what the RMS power output is. There is a general formula of sorts that can be used measuring AC voltage at the speaker terminals, but the best way is to have an oscilliscope and RMS power meter with a 1kHz test tone running through the output stage of the boxes.

 

[AZA]

Very cool Prime !
It will be interesting to see a few more

With all this talk about 'which is the loudest ?' i have been
waiting for someone to put a decibel reader in front of some of the big
players too.

Pretty Cool.
AZA...wha it's telling everyone is power consumption. A dB meter won't really tel you what the RMS power output is. There is a general formula of sorts that can be used measuring AC voltage at the speaker terminals, but the best way is to have an oscilliscope and RMS power meter with a 1kHz test tone running through the output stage of the boxes.

Oh no, i just mean a general, and probably not very accurate, stand in front of your boombox with a sound meter or DB meter and see which one records the loudest, like they use at the car stereo comps where they put it in through the window of the car and let the owner crank it as loud as possible and record the reading. Anything more than that is beyond me

 

[Ghettoboom767]

Hi Brett-That is so cool!! Very nice Boomboxes also-love the purple dial light on the Telefunken! But the CK11-that's too much!! Love it!