[Amps] SS amps watercooling - was PowerGenius XL

Bill Turner dezrat at outlook.com
Tue Feb 14 22:09:02 EST 2017


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On Tue, 14 Feb 2017 19:40:04 -0600, you wrote:

>has anyone ever thought of just immersing the whole amp in mineral or 
>transformer oil?
>
>Joe WB9SBD

REPLY:

it could be done but you still have to get rid of the heat. Keep in
mind that so-called "water cooled" amps are really cooled by air. The
water is just a medium to carry the heat from the tube or transistor
to the heat exchanger. 

The exception of course, is if you have a continuous stream of
incoming cold water which is discharged without recirculating. 

73, Bill W6WRT


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