[Amps] new amp race

[Jim Thomson]

Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 17:52:50 +0200
From: "Peter Voelpel" <dj7ww at t-online.de>
To: "'Jim Thomson'" <jim.thom at telus.net>, <amps at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] new amp race


<You will have that temperature pretty fast when you operate a 3CX3000 at
half of its maximum dissipation in a relatively small shack.

73
Peter, DJ7WW

##  agreed, which is why you open the window a bit..which is fine in fall, and winter, but useless in summer. 
I  instead put it in the un heated shop next door, in the basement.   Then no noise..or heat in shack. 
I also have the option to duct the heat to the outdoors in summer.   I only heat the shop if Im
working in there.   Shack is a tiny thing...8 x 10.   Another 1000 sq ft for the rest of the basement..
with about  600 sq ft for the shop + storage.   

##  On buddys YC-156 amp, it does reside in the shack upstairs.  But both the intake 
air and hot exhaust are ducted through the floor to the basement below the shack. That is
where the blower resides.   Then he can either heat the basement in winter..or  duct the
hot exhaust to the outside in summer. 

##  In my case, I have to go next door to tweak the amp, no big deal, since its  just dial
it up by the numbers.   One setting will cover a huge chunk of band. 

Jim   VE7RF