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<blockquote data-quote="Langston Holland" data-source="post: 50289" data-attributes="member: 171">Re: Looking for Camco Northeast or New England Rep/distributorBecause 120v amps are for girls.Edit:In order of personal interest:1. The racks these Vortex 6 amps are in include a pair of FP14000 208/240V amps. It will be easier to balance the load on breakers to have all amps pulling equally on both lines.2. Improved reliability 1: Twice the voltage means half the current will be flowing through the switching power supply of the amp. Current is the movement of electrons and the source of heat through friction, which reduces the life of the associated components.3. Improved reliability 2: I might get a tiny bit more power out of the amps, but in my testing I&#039;ve noticed significantly less &quot;groaning&quot; (audible vibration) from the power supply of every amp I&#039;ve ever tested under max continuous loads when fed by 208/240V.4. Improved reliability 3: Much of the switch mode power supply will be replaced with the conversion to 208/240V. The two amps are six years old, seems like a nice thing. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Langston Holland, post: 50289, member: 171"] Re: Looking for Camco Northeast or New England Rep/distributor Because 120v amps are for girls. [U]Edit[/U]: In order of personal interest: 1. The racks these Vortex 6 amps are in include a pair of FP14000 208/240V amps. It will be easier to balance the load on breakers to have all amps pulling equally on both lines. 2. Improved reliability 1: Twice the voltage means half the current will be flowing through the switching power supply of the amp. Current is the movement of electrons and the source of heat through friction, which reduces the life of the associated components. 3. Improved reliability 2: I might get a tiny bit more power out of the amps, but in my testing I've noticed significantly less "groaning" (audible vibration) from the power supply of every amp I've ever tested under max continuous loads when fed by 208/240V. 4. Improved reliability 3: Much of the switch mode power supply will be replaced with the conversion to 208/240V. The two amps are six years old, seems like a nice thing. :) [/QUOTE]

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