Shorting amplifier inputs?

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it it ok for class d amplifiers to have shorted inputs?


You can short-circuit the inputs to ground for a "working" class D amplifier board. I often do it through 1K resistors to limit currents just in case.

With "working" I mean fully functional and NOT the inputs on the class D chip directly. The IC inputs need some bias to behave well.

You short-circuit the inputs when you want to examine how the amplifier behaves in idle mode. During such examination you do not connect an input signal.
 
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