Paul, sorry I missed your second paragraph.
Air flow needed depends on how much power is being dissipated. If you divide
the airflow by the dissipation rating of the 8877 as an example 35/1500 =
.02333 cu ft/watt. multiply that by 1600 (for a pair of 3CX800s) and you get
37.3 cu ft of air flow. The cooling efficiency of both are about the same
.02333 cu ft/watt.
So if you ran the pair of 3CX800s at the same power level as the 3CX1500 it
would require just about the same amount of air flow. .03333 x 1500 on the
pair of 3CX800s = 35 cu ft.
I don't know what the back pressure would look like on the pair of 3CX800s
at reduced air flow but it would probably be pretty close to the 3CX1500.
73
Gary K4FMX
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Gary Schafer
> Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 4:40 PM
> To: 'Paul Decker'; amps@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Advice
>
> The chart that I am looking at says: 8877 requires 35 cu ft at .41 back
> pressure.
>
> A 3CX800A7 requires 19 cu ft at .5 back pressure. Two of those would
> require
> 38 cu ft at .5 back pressure.
>
> 73
> Gary K4FMX
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com]
> > On Behalf Of Paul Decker
> > Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 4:26 PM
> > To: amps@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [Amps] Advice
> >
> >
> >
> > When I was writing the original reply I was thinking more along the
> > lines of different tubes for example a single 8877 requires more
> airflow
> > and has more back pressure than two 3cx800's.
> >
> >
> >
> > Agreed, two tubes of the same type would require more airflow than a
> > single tube. However, I think we could assume that two tubes of the
> > same type would produce 2x the power of the single tube amp. If the
> > twin tube amp were run at the same output as the single holer, it
> would
> > also follow to reason the airflow requirements could for the two holer
> > could be reduced because each tube is only being driven to a reduced
> > output.
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gary Schafer" < garyschafer@comcast.net >
> > To: < dezrat1242@yahoo.com >; < amps@contesting.com >
> > Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 11:04 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Amps] Advice
> >
> >
> > There is no free lunch. While it may seem like you could get by with
> > less
> > air flow it doesn't follow.
> > A pair of tubes will require twice the air flow at the same back
> > pressure as
> > a single tube. Tubes being the same of course.
> >
> > 73
> > Gary K4FMX
> >
> >
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