MagnumMan Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 I know that most electronics anymore have protective circuits to prevent damage to speakers from overloads. But has anyone here pushed there system hard enough to actually trip a curcuit breaker? After seeing Trans-Siberian Orchestra in concert Saturday, I wanted to see if I could get my 30's that loud. I don't have an SPL meter, so I don't know what kind of measurements I am getting. Most generally,when watching movies,I turn the volume up to -25. Which is plenty enough for living in a trailor! I put in TSO: Beethoven's Last Night,and slowly worked the volume up to -10. I was waiting for my ears to start bleeding! LOL. I then moved it up even more. When it hit -5, the circuit breaker tripped. The power in whole room went out! Went to breaker box and reset it. This happened with only running 2 speakers. I had it in stereo mode. I was just wondering what stories others have had with things like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boa12 Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 mm, never have tripped breakers on the house. though before i brought in the heavy equipment i had an electrician replace the 15A breaker w/ 20A for the HT room circuit. seemed real easy he just popped old one out & put in new. now fuses & breakers in previous speakers & amps - blown my share of those. i remember the old BIC speaks we had set-up in the HS cafeteria. they had breakers & i had to get up from the DJ table a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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