How hot is too hot?

@asvjerry 

Frying eggs

I was just trying to add a little ironic humour to some of the posts. They reminded me of the lyrics to a song…”The heat is on”

The nearest l have been to a Krell was when watching “The Forbidden Planet”

l thought it quite funny people talking about how hot the surface of their amps ran up to. If they are that hot outside, what the ‘hell’ (literally) are the circuits heating up to inside?

l can only say as an observer, the Krell amps may look ‘cool’ from the outside, but……..The big but is, heat may be good for a car engine but essentially and ultimately the biggest potential killer for delicate electronics. The same is true for any piece of electronics.

Reference the film, the advanced civilisation….the ‘Krell’ effectively blew their own brains out. Same scenario?

The Gryphon is gonna run hot, biased in class A.  Try a small, quiet fan placed anywhere near it, doesn't have to be blowing directly at it, just exchanging the air around it.  And 26C is pretty warm for any room.

I measured ~64 C at the top of my Preamp, directly above a 6550.   I call the manufacturer, who confessed that they did not track operating temps.

A few months later the temp lowered to ~52 C.  

After rolling tubes, my other 6550s are operating around ~52 +/-

In the summer here in the S.E., the preamp is hot enough to jump-start the house AC.

@mylogic *L* I took it for the ancient 'hot enough to...' aside, and anyway I wouldn't treat a Krell like that...heard one, checked the tag$ and stayed in warp after an impulse turn....  "Just wasn't in my universe then, nor later." 
BTB, read recently that Forbidden Planet is under consideration for a remake....

Ought to be a visual Snickers.....the Id Beast with sota graphics ought to make the front rows worry about blood stains...
Always loved the original as it was fun to see humans in FTL saucers.
Maybe the current one's are us coming back for a history lesson. ;)
When web-chat forums were in their adolescence, I ran the Krell Bar in a '40's site.
"Anything that flirts' your fancy, but getting drunk and posting is on your own."

The guys always seemed to want the single-malt whiskies....women generally more creative in a request... *G*
Same scenario, but recently one wants to keep an ear on current 'affairs of state'...

I'm not paranoid much.....but have enough for now...thanx....😒