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<blockquote data-quote="Big G" data-source="post: 98509" data-attributes="member: 1725"><p>I think he means without a speaker attached to the cable, or in other words do not short the pos and neg of the speaker cable together, even by accident! </p><p></p><p>Its fine to run a power amp without any speaker cables plugged into its terminals, so long as there is nothing to short it. Effectively, if you have no connection at all, this means that you have infinate resistance, so the amp can't run into any trouble from low resistance.</p><p></p><p>Most modern amps have some sort of protection circuit that shuts down the amp if a short is detected, but unfortunately this is not present on all amps. If one of these amps without protection is shorted, it will result in a blown amp, and could even result in a fire!!</p><p></p><p>So, moral of the story.... Don't do it! Don't short those cables!!</p><p></p><p>G!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big G, post: 98509, member: 1725"] I think he means without a speaker attached to the cable, or in other words do not short the pos and neg of the speaker cable together, even by accident! Its fine to run a power amp without any speaker cables plugged into its terminals, so long as there is nothing to short it. Effectively, if you have no connection at all, this means that you have infinate resistance, so the amp can't run into any trouble from low resistance. Most modern amps have some sort of protection circuit that shuts down the amp if a short is detected, but unfortunately this is not present on all amps. If one of these amps without protection is shorted, it will result in a blown amp, and could even result in a fire!! So, moral of the story.... Don't do it! Don't short those cables!! G! [/QUOTE]
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