The most common question asked, "How many Amplifiers
should a Swiftlet farm have?"
There are many answers to this question but, for me, I stick
to fact, common sense and most importantly what
the birds actually wanted.
My recommendation is simple, each floor of a Swiftlet farm
should one Amplifier and another one for external sound. The advantages are:
1) No overloading. Overloaded Amplifiers don't produce good
quality sound. By giving any Amplifier loaded with more than 150 tweeters
(immaterial of how big the Watt is) its sound quality will deteriorate. Even
though some claimed to withstand 300 tweeters or more, but in term of sound
quality it will be affected.
2) . In even the
tweeters wiring connections defect or short circuit if one floor is
without sound ( Internal sound) the other two floors still have sound. So you
don't have to worry about your birds running
to your neighbor's farm. You only visit your Swiftlet farm once or twice a month no internal sound is not good for Swiftlet farm.
3) Individual floor Amplifier will last longer, easily more
than 3 years at least on a 24/7 run. A longer life span, as the internal parts
are not overworked.
4) The system of each Amplifier per floor would eliminate
the use of timers for alternate running of Amplifiers. I am sure many of you
have been advised to alternately shifting (play) the Amplifiers every 8 or 12
hour interval. This is to prevent overheating. Simple if the Amplifier is not
overloaded then it won't be overheated. No overloaded Amplifiers can run 24/7
non-stop.
5) With each floor having an Amplifier, the Tweeter wiring
is much easy to install and manage. We know which Tweeter wiring is connected
to which Amplifier, and in the event of wiring defect it can be easily
identified.
The above picture is from a Swiftlet farm adopting a system
of each Amplifier per floor. Three HI-NEST Amplifiers were used. A smart choice
indeed. The internal sound runs 24/7 non-stop.
In terms of sound quality.... Swiftlets will love you for
using the Hi-Nest Amplifier because the sound it produces make Swiftlets happy.
Good Swiftlet farming All!