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04/29/10 14:03
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 		 #175526 - Piezos are capacitive
Responding to: ???'s previous message
The true piezo I know looks like a capacitor. If you connect it to the output of amplifier it will take only a small current, which rises at higher the frequencies.

Because of this, it's difficult to give an actual power rating for a piezo. Often this is done indirectly, by giving the maximum output voltage a piezo can be connected to, sometimes rated in Watt @8R and @1kHz. So, the given "power rating" of a piezo is unrealistically high usually.

Kai Klaas

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TopicAuthorDate
Audio amplifier            01/01/70 00:00      
   Probably            01/01/70 00:00      
   kHz            01/01/70 00:00      
      Probably too small amp            01/01/70 00:00      
   Usually not...            01/01/70 00:00      
      specs            01/01/70 00:00      
         Real PA Manufacturers...            01/01/70 00:00      
            rms power ...            01/01/70 00:00      
               "Continuous sine wave power" rated in "RMS Watts"...            01/01/70 00:00      
               Oh yes there is            01/01/70 00:00      
            So hold on then            01/01/70 00:00      
               Exactly!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Stay away from anything with PMPO rating            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Numbers...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Standards            01/01/70 00:00      
   What's it for?            01/01/70 00:00      
      WOW            01/01/70 00:00      
         transucers            01/01/70 00:00      
            Example Ideas...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Piezos are capacitive            01/01/70 00:00      
            Derating            01/01/70 00:00      
               You still haven't said what it's for!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  The question is            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Not meaningful to guess - we will just produce random noise            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Take any            01/01/70 00:00      
                           600W, how to calculate?            01/01/70 00:00      
                              600W            01/01/70 00:00      
                           But why do you think that it is relevant?            01/01/70 00:00      
                              relevant?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 High power at high frequencies definitely dangerous.            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Like or dislike isnt a point            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       rms should be the same, but you can bend the truth a bit            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Compression driver is what you need...            01/01/70 00:00      

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