Class D amps should idle at a lower level, so that should be OK.
Being worried about fire is a real issue and i applaud people for being careful. I designed a bunch of stuff for various companies, two my own, in the 80s and 90s and the careless stuff i saw in the field scared me.
That said, since i still design and therefore experiment, i leave stuff on while I'm away all the time. I don't leave amps on flammable carpets, i leave them some kind of fire retardant stand. It can even be wood - you wont have an inferno - just maybe a spark or 40.
Disconnect the speakers. No need for them to sacrifice their lives to a turn-on-off transient, or lightning, or .....
They should be fused such that most bad conditions just blow the fuse. I personally under-fuse everything; i want the $1 fuse to protect the $3k amp, not the other way around.
use common sense.
G
Being worried about fire is a real issue and i applaud people for being careful. I designed a bunch of stuff for various companies, two my own, in the 80s and 90s and the careless stuff i saw in the field scared me.
That said, since i still design and therefore experiment, i leave stuff on while I'm away all the time. I don't leave amps on flammable carpets, i leave them some kind of fire retardant stand. It can even be wood - you wont have an inferno - just maybe a spark or 40.
Disconnect the speakers. No need for them to sacrifice their lives to a turn-on-off transient, or lightning, or .....
They should be fused such that most bad conditions just blow the fuse. I personally under-fuse everything; i want the $1 fuse to protect the $3k amp, not the other way around.
use common sense.
G