Greetings,
One summer at work, I habitually had a desktop fan set to blow air
throught the cooling slots of my 17" monitor, and as a result, in ran far
cooler than normal. I don't know if doing so was beneficial, or possibly
even detrimental to the monitor.
This however brings me to my amplifier, which is used to play minidiscs
among other things [MD association in this mail achieved]. Earlier today
I had a thermal cut-out when played at high volume and it was pretty damn
hot (55C air temp between it an the equaliser mounted above it). Even
at low volume levels it felt quite warm, but I find now that using the fan
at
low speed is adequate to keep everything cool to the touch (room temp
near enough-- feels cool as it's metal and conducts away heat).
So my question is-- when listening at medium to loud levels [not so loud
as to cause a thermal cut-out in the amp], would it be beneficial to my
units to have the fan providing a steady and quite significant airflow over
and under the amp (on high speed the result is an airflow worthy of a wind-
tunnel but is rather noisier and I would only use in extreme circumstances).
The fan is also providing a small amount of extra cooling to all units in
the
system-- thing is, are they designed to run "warm" or at near room temp
(which for me means about 25C). One other thing-- is humidity an issue
to the life of hifi equipment? I have a dehumidifier which I regularly run
all
night but I sometimes wonder if too *low* a humidity could be detrimental?
Cheers,
PrinceGaz -> Cool and de-hydrated, I'll try to get hot and steamy now
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