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rahimiiii
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« on: July 15, 2008, 01:07:05 AM »
I was wondering why not wire a dummy load inside a head chassis so that if someone turns on the amp without a speaker connected it would protect the amp from damage. It's in case there are people using the amp and they don't know what they're doing.... Obviously the dummy load would disengage when a speaker is connected...
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« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2010, 08:20:09 AM »
I have 2 small amps with this built in (5w and 10w),
it is reassuring, probably harder to do for bigger amps

AFAIK there is another issue which is that someone might plug a speaker in while the amp is on:
as the jack goes in does it momentarily short the ground and tip Huh? Probably depends on socket design.

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