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- From: turner@rastaman.llnl.gov (David Turner)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Temperature and component life
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- Date: 12 Aug 92 20:24:39 GMT
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- Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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- My new amp lives on the top shelf of my stereo cabinet, which is an old wooden
- armoire. I noticed that it was getting quite warm up there, so I rigged up a
- hanging thermometer above the amp. On a hot day, with loud music playing, I
- saw temperatures above 100 degrees F., actually around 110. I know this is
- warmer than I would like, and I plan on adding a fan and more vents to the
- cabinet. But it made me wonder: How warm is too warm? How much damage am I
- doing to my amp by having it bathed in 110 ambient degrees? I would be inter-
- ested in seeing a discussion of heat and its effects on stereo components.
- Thanks for listening...later...DT
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- David Turner
- dturner@llnl.gov -OR- turner@rastaman.llnl.gov
- (510) 422-1162
- '82 VF750S DoD#0373
- Disclaimer: All opinions are mine. None are theirs.
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