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<blockquote data-quote="Chriszle" data-source="post: 7271575" data-attributes="member: 629944"><p>A basic safe estimate is 75 amps per 1000 RMS watts. Or you can be more accurate and use the formulas. Power/Voltage=Current. Then you take Current/Efficiency of amp. I am not sure what voltage the orion is rated at so for sakes we will say 2500/14.4=174amps. Now I will take a safe side estimate and go with 70 percent efficiency. So 174/.7=249 amps. Since your going daily you can divide that number in 1/2 and get roughly 125 amps to safely run that amp daily. I think this is pretty accurate but if I am incorrect someone can chime in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chriszle, post: 7271575, member: 629944"] A basic safe estimate is 75 amps per 1000 RMS watts. Or you can be more accurate and use the formulas. Power/Voltage=Current. Then you take Current/Efficiency of amp. I am not sure what voltage the orion is rated at so for sakes we will say 2500/14.4=174amps. Now I will take a safe side estimate and go with 70 percent efficiency. So 174/.7=249 amps. Since your going daily you can divide that number in 1/2 and get roughly 125 amps to safely run that amp daily. I think this is pretty accurate but if I am incorrect someone can chime in. [/QUOTE]
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