amplifier power consumption


A moment ago, I did a cursory search online to determine approximately how much power, in watts, a typical lower-powered integrated (50-70wpc) draws from an outlet. Didn't find a proper answer. Was wondering if anyone here might happen to know off the top of their head...

I ask b/c i want to buy and use a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) to use for my integrated (Sugden A48b) and was wondering what kind of numbers i would need to adequately supply power to the sugden. There are models that supply 200w, 330w, 450w and i believe one at 540w...

POssible that anyone here knows offhand which would suffice for my amplifier?

I'm going to go surf for more info now... Thanks!
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Showing 1 response by bombaywalla

Just to further Almarg's & Jea48's point re. ensuring that you buy a UPS with a true sinewave output - I understand that some friends bought an UPS that did not (i.e. output a sq. wave) & they were not aware of this & it fried the electronics over a short period of a few months.
So, be very careful of the output waveform. Most of the time UPSs are targeted to PCs that use switching power supplies hence it does not matter but to audio electronics sq. waves are bad news. APC has come out w/ an audio version UPS but I believe that it's not cheap.

Your best bet would be to buy a PS Audio unit OR a (Canadian) PurePower unit. The PurePower has a battery backup while I believe that The PS Audio units do not.