Frequent cleaning of the fan will promote a longer life. The fan blades become unbalanced when loaded with debris and will put undo stress on the bearings. On older equipment, you can replace the fans with better and lower noise fans for very little dollars.
Power amps with fans -- maintenance?
Do the fans of power amps ever need to be cleaned out?
I've owned an Adcom GFA 5800 for years and can see the
dust accumulated on the vanes of the air intake ports.
But the user manual doesn't say anything about maintenance
and it's not obvious how to take the amp apart if cleaning
the fan blades is ever necessary.
I've owned an Adcom GFA 5800 for years and can see the
dust accumulated on the vanes of the air intake ports.
But the user manual doesn't say anything about maintenance
and it's not obvious how to take the amp apart if cleaning
the fan blades is ever necessary.