[Amps] Should a blower run after amp shutdown?
David Kirkby
david.kirkby at onetel.net
Thu Jun 2 15:20:09 PDT 2011
On 2 June 2011 22:11, Jim Garland <4cx250b at muohio.edu> wrote:
> Like many homebrewers, I've always built a timer into my amps that powers
> the blower for a couple of minutes after killing power to the amplifier.
> Today, however, in a conversation with another builder, I began to question
> whether this is actually a useful feature. (Obviously, exhausting hot air
> from the enclosure after powering off an amplifier does no harm, but the
> issue is whether any presumed benefit is worth the effort building in this
> feature.) Here's my reasoning.
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I must admit, I tend to agree with your reasoning.
Dave, G8WRB
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