Cool it!


Greetings to All,
How do you cool your hot amp?
Do you fan air in or away?
From the top or the bottom.
Is proper ventilation enough to keep the amp cool and healthy?
What is the science and your experiences behind this practice? 

Long Live HiFi!
Thank you
tomavodka

Showing 4 responses by glupson

"Do you enjoy your music even with a window air conditioner going? Or do all of you have central air?"
With air conditioning, it does add significant level of noise. Enough to question the point of obsessing over the sound. No central air conditioning, though.
Whatever you do, do not improvise by putting water on your amplifier.
"Did I mention it was the old Phase Linear with the huge heat sink fins?...........Bob thought it was pretty clever."
Bob cut his first grade elementary school classes and did not read the warning on page 3 of Phase Linear amplifier instruction manual.

https://bradshirakawa2.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/phase-linear-400-ii-instruction-manual.pdf


NOTE: page 3 is the page between page 2 and page 4 (it is not numbered like 2 and 4)

"Well this was winter so we put some snow in a plastic bag in between the heat sinks."
Many, if not most, of instruction manuals start with "do not expose to moisture/water" or some variation of thereof. Not that it should be mentioned, but apparently.......well, apparently not everyone reads instructions most have learned early in life. First grade of elementary school early.

While at that, do not use hair dryer in the bathtub.