Ever popped a circuit breaker with audio gear?

No, but I smoked a preamp in my car and watched parts of my center console melt. Pretty eerie. And smelly!

Yeah, when the washer was on and I was trying to over scream that in the same circuit line:-)

Large power amps can trip breakers, especially when they are just being turned on. The current demands may exceed the limits of the breaker during this powering-up phase, even if the amp does not over-tax the breaker while playing. I had this problem on occasion with the bass amp in my previously owned Genesis 201s. Many amps power-up in phases, which generally avoids this problem.

I have. More than once. Such is life when using low sensitivity, low impedance speakers and you're trying to reproduce Motorhead at concert level. Sent a 1200 wpc amplifier into thermal shutdown a couple of times too : ) Sean
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