[RE-wrenches] PV powered music festival

[R Ray Walters]

Dan;

Your system sounds great. I'd love to hear it sometime.
Just one question: how come no tube amps?
You're going to have some guitar players screaming; most of the best guitar amps are all tube these days.
I know they waste a lot of power, but they're usually small compared to the PA system.
I've measured a few with a no load draw in the 20 to 40 watt range, maybe peaking at 100 watts. (Marshall 100w head)
I would think the Exeltech would make it sound better than they've ever heard.
Have you had problems?

R. Walters
ray at solarray.com
Solar Engineer



> 
> Things to avoid at all cost:
> 
> Incandescent stage lamps.  Period.  (Dan from FoxFire and Jason from Fafco are 100% on target on this.)
> 
> * Tube amplifiers of any kind.
> * Class 'A' amplifiers (tube or solid state - doesn't matter).
>   Most sound people and musicians are clueless about this aspect
>   of their equipment. You'll have to either get the make and model of
>   the amps and talk with the respective manufacturers .. or go to a lot
>   of trouble to measure idle power for each.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
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