Help with 1180DC problems!

[Bert 1100]

Looking good !
I'd be a bit worried about ventilation...or does the 1180dc not get hot ?

 

[Oerets]

Agreed!
The one I have in the wood cabinet and runs pretty warm.



Barney

 

[MBuras]

AFAIK that whole series runs hot. I know my restored 1122DC is like a little toaster oven once it gets going. Not quite of course but runs warmer than something like a 2230, etc.

 

[dyche01]

Looking good !
I'd be a bit worried about ventilation...or does the 1180dc not get hot ?

Yeah, good point. It does get a bit warm on the right side, where all the power transistors are located. The back of the bookshelf is open but I probably shouldn't jam all those records in beside it.

 

[Oerets]

I use a small stripped from a computer cooler fan on top of mine when in operation.


Barney

 

[Eric n Kc]

Hey
I've been known to use a fan on mine as well.
I also had an intermittent channel on mine but I've been lucky and a vigorous exercising of the controls clears it up until the next time.
Good lookin pair.Eric

 

[dyche01]

I cleared some space for air flow on the top and side. I might end up putting the amp on top, but the tuner is so pristine I would hate to scratch or dent the top plate.

This amp doesn't run super hot and I rarely push it hard, so I am not too worried.

 

[dyche01]

Hey
I've been known to use a fan on mine as well.
I also had an intermittent channel on mine but I've been lucky and a vigorous exercising of the controls clears it up until the next time.
Good lookin pair.Eric

Nice pair yourself!

 

[dyche01]

Still grooving on the fantastic sound of this amp. Currently blasting Scriabin's 'Poem of Ecstasy'.

(knocking wood) It looks like the long nightmare of the intermittent channel is over.