Hello All,
I’m a very long time Power Plants addict - since P300.
Just got P5 to upgrade from P3.
I wanted to check that load and temp that i see are OK and i’m not overloading it.
The temperatures according to PowerPlay are in 45-47 C range.
I have connected to it tube preamp + tube phono + turnable + Cary 805 tube class A monoblocks.
Those Caryes according to their manual consume 230W (i guess each).
When they’re powered OFF the consumption looks like this:
The difference between two powerplants is that P3 high current sockets where just filtered (i liked what it did to the sound compared feeding the amps from the wall socket) and in P5 high current sockets are fully regenerated.
Sound related it made a huge improvement - i can’t say whether because amps getting better power or other components getting improved power over what P3 provided.
I would guess that amps have a greater effect - but i’m just guessing.
I liked SINE wave better than MW - sound less thick with more air and depth layers.
In SINE mode is the MW STRENGTH setting discarded?
45-47 C is running too hot. Max is closer to 40 C. The P5 and P12 are siblings. I own both. Here’s a photo excerpt from the P12 manual on operating temperature. I would look to add a fan like ones made by AC Infinity to cool the Power Plant.
It feels to me they’re talking about environment temp.
Even with zero load my unit runs at 34-35 C.
All temperature data i’m taking from what Powerplay site shows me….
But what about load - is 73% too high?
Or i shouldn’t be concerned?
I also ran two hungry tube mono blocks off of one P12 and the P12 was similarly at 75%, except when the amps were playing music when every now and then they temporarily (very temporarily - a few seconds) refilled their capacitors, at which the load also increased. Once it was enough to shut down the P12. At this point I got a second P12 and now I have no worries.
In my case the load/wats/amps stay the same all the time - even during very loud symphonic or energetic rock pieces.
Perhaps because these amps are indeed Class A and take full load all the time…
It sounds like you are therefore ok, though I am sure there are some audiophiles (there are always some audiophiles!) who might insist on more headroom.
