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my Receiver gets HOTTTTT!!!!!!
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| prestige |
My reciever does an excellent job at getting my speakers to KNOCK! After a while it begins to heat up tremendously and it gets pretty crazy, I'm sure it happpens to some of you guys as well. Anyways, I want to install a fan in there to maybe help it out a little, so.... should I put one blowing air onto the semiconductors or have a fan sucking out heat... or both??
tell me what you guys think
thanks
alan |
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| auujay |
| An output fan is more important than input. But you can't go wrong with both (I don't think, not sure though...). My amp gets pretty hot when I play loud for a long time, but I am too lazy to add a fan or anything (and I have a great spot for it in my keyboard try of the computer desk I use for my setup and I don't think there is any room for a fan) |
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| L-H |
You need to blow the hot air out of the amp.
It shouldnt get so hot that you need to install an additional fan though. You sure the fan thats already in there is working? |
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| Boomer187 |
this is kinda the same thing as CPU's, some have fans blowing cool air on them, and some need fans blowing hot air out.
but for amps I think blowing hot air out is key. Maybe a better way would be to create a stream of air. like have 2 fans, one blows in, one blows out. but that is a lotta hole cutting and extras. |
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| prestige |
| quote: | Originally posted by L-H
You need to blow the hot air out of the amp.
It shouldnt get so hot that you need to install an additional fan though. You sure the fan thats already in there is working? |
i dont think recievers come with fans, just a heat sync |
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| auujay |
| it all depends, but I would imagine that nearly all recievers would not because they are meant for home use and probably don't get too hot and fans make a lot of noise. I think fans are usually only seen in bigger amps that are not meant to power your home stereo system. |
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| MindShifter |
| quote: | Originally posted by prestige
i dont think recievers come with fans, just a heat sync |
Most come w/ just heat sync's however I had a Pioneer reciever at one point that had both, it was nice. Perhaps it was b/c it had home theater capabilities but was meant to be a stereo reciever. In the stereo mode it put out 165 watts RMS to the R/L channels, I loved it, then I was dumb enough to have a party at my house, and of course some drunk , broke it, never did find out who. . . . |
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| SgtFoo |
| As long as your receiver has enough space above it and behind it to vent hot air out of itself, with or without a fan, it should be fine. I've got a 30 year old receiver and a 20 year old receiver, both as outputs from my mixer A & B main outs and they both heatup quite a bit as well, but they both have enough room around them to vent hot air. If they become so hot that they're almost burning to the touch adn you think the wires inside could be melting, then by all means, cool it down with a fan that either ejects hot air or blows cooler air into it. |
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| prestige |
| quote: | Originally posted by MindShifter
Most come w/ just heat sync's however I had a Pioneer reciever at one point that had both, it was nice. Perhaps it was b/c it had home theater capabilities but was meant to be a stereo reciever. In the stereo mode it put out 165 watts RMS to the R/L channels, I loved it, then I was dumb enough to have a party at my house, and of course some drunk , broke it, never did find out who. . . . |
that cant be good... actually that fockin sucks ass big time..
as for the receiver, 165 watts RMS!, that's pretty crazy. |
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| L-H |
Most decent amplifiers/recievers come with a thermostat controlled fan. Usually they dont make alot of noise, 15-20 dB perhaps, which you wont notice when you play music anyway.
My guess is if this has never happend before, your fan or thermostat is broken. |
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| prestige |
| quote: | Originally posted by L-H
Most decent amplifiers/recievers come with a thermostat controlled fan. Usually they dont make alot of noise, 15-20 dB perhaps, which you wont notice when you play music anyway.
My guess is if this has never happend before, your fan or thermostat is broken. |
Thermostat? dude i dont think i have an AC in my reveiver, but im Positive that i dont have a fan. Tho i did just find out that Technics and Pioneer Reveivers came with fans in the back blowing the air out.. so i might do somethin like that |
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