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Help with ac line interference due to cooling fan install
My tube amps are installed in a cabinet and run hot after a while operating. Not an option to have outside the cabinet. To solve this after some research I purchased and installed a 120mm 115 volt ac (direct plug in fan – see link below). Recommendation I read was to go with AC rather than low...- Lovemystereo
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- ac noise ac noise suppression cabinet heat management cooling cooling fan fan install fan interference
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- Forum: Tube Audio
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Buying a cooling fan/pad for my vintage Pioneer
My Pioneer was recently the victim of the voltage-stabilizing transistors in the power supply de-soldering themselves over time, due to stress from thermal cycling. I've fixed every cracked solder joint I could find, and now the receiver is in tip-top shape again. I really don't want this...- Saffire
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- cooling fans hot pioneer
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- Forum: General Audio Discussion
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Tube amp cooling noises. Should I worry?
I have had a Fisher 500B receiver for a while and recently acquired a Scott 399. I never noticed the Fisher making any noises after turn-off but, whenever I run the Scott for a couple of hours and then turn it off, it makes sporadic 'tick' noises for several minutes as it cools down. It sounds...- dyche01
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- cooling tube amplifier
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- Forum: Tube Audio
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Vintage tube amps - Cooling fans & keeping them cool
I'm wondering what others are doing to keep their vintage stereo tube amplifiers running cool, eg. older tube units by The Fisher, HH Scott, Eico, McIntosh, Marantz, etc. most were designed to run on historically-lower mains voltages so will run hotter now because of today's higher volatges...- ssouci
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- cool cooling eico fans fisher hot scott
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- Forum: Eico Place