easy question

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

I was looking at some coax's and it gave 2 power ratings.

"100/200" Nominal/Max

Does nominal = RMS?

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[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

yes

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

that's how much power the speaker can handle without distorting

 

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

ok good.

for some reason I was think nominal meant minimum, which really made no sense at all. Now I've got it. Thanks guys.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

that's how much power the speaker can handle without distorting

Means nothing of the sort. You could distort them with much less power or you may not get them to distort at all with twice that power. It's merely a thermal rating of how much power the speaker can take on a "continuous" basis without the coil cooking.