What's Watts?

Billy Murdoch · From: Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.

I recall a few years ago complaining to our friend Mike Brown about Peavey not supplying the Nashville 1000 to the European market.
Mike explained the stringent EU regulations which exist.Peavey felt that to meet the requirements would not be cost effective.
My knowledge of electrics/electronics is limited to replacing a fuse so please feel free to correct my assumptions.
Having glanced over the requirements for electrical goods I am still baffled.
Am I correct in saying that We(EU's) can import an amp up to and including 200watts(The Nash 1000 is 300watts)
The rules are made for safety reasons,so does that mean that the US amp users are less safe than the EU people?
Perhaps the differing voltage supply comes into the equasion? 110v in the US and 230V in EU.
This would appear to apply only to instrument amps since We can easily buy P.A amps with ratings greater than 200Watts,or is there some extra component which makes the P.A. amp acceptable.
As a matter of interest,how many instrument amps are rated higher than 200watts.
Best regards
Billy

Brad Bechtel · From: San Francisco, CA

Do you have a link to the relevant EU import restrictions you're talking about so we can make our own guesses, Billy?
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Brad Sarno · From: St. Louis, MO USA

The EU restrictions have more to do with environmental issues relating to the toxicity of the internal components. The US safety restrictions are quite stringent and that's probably not the issue. I also don't think power would be the issue either.

Brad

CrowBear Schmitt · From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France

Billy, a few years back, i raised the issue about Peavey puttin' out an export Nash1000
Mike Brown had explained to us here, that the cost involved to get that model accepted to EEC standards was costly compared to the market for them in the EEC
well that did'nt keep us from gettin' some over here
Ted Nesbitt & his cronnies had worked out a conversion to 240v
i'm sure Peavey sells a whole lot more PAs in the EEC than steel amps Nash 112 export version included !
i remember gettin' 3 nashville 1000s from SGN shipped over to the UK & France
mine still runs on 110v via a transformer along w: my Hilton vp & i have'nt even blown a fuse or had any kinda of troubles

Billy Murdoch · From: Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.

Brad. B
If You google RoHs You'll get a load os sites to peruse.
C.B. I did buy a Nash 1000 from Ted a few Years ago,ended up trading it for a Nash 112,much easier on the back and plenty for oomph for most of the gigs I do.
I was using the N1000 in this post for illustration only.
I have been told that if We import an amp from the U.S. and it does not have the RoHs and CE cetification it is Your(the importer)who has to face the music,sorry for the pun Smile

if customs question it at the point of entry to EU.
I have also been told that there is only a very small likliehood of this happening.
Thanks for the replys.
Billy

Michael Johnstone · From: Sylmar,Ca. USA

I was given a Nash 1000 to take on a tour of Eastern Europe in 2002 when the amp was fairly new on the market.It made noise and sounded weak from the gitgo and on day 4 of the tour it gave up the ghost somewhere in Kosovo so I scored a Twin and finished the tour. The culprit as I understood it was a digital power supply that could deal with a 220-110 conversion but not the unchangeble 50 cycle EU standard - it needs to see 60 cycles. I truly hope Peavey fixed that issue because that's a real good amp and I have heard of them working in Europe since then.

Billy Murdoch · From: Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.

Michael,
I know a few players who havs N1000's,all had transformers fitted here and all were great sounding.
I did not think the cycles was an issue.
Billy

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