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You could also use a PC cooling fan Blue Tacked to the chassis.
You could also use a PC cooling fan Blue Tacked to the chassis.
Cooling fan for tube amp?
I added the Iso-Acoustic footers under my tube amp and see that I have about 2" of clearance and wonder if I someone could suggest a small fan that I could mount on my open wood audio rack to dissipate the heat from the KT88 and 6SN7 tubes in the amp? If this has been covered before, please point me to the proper links. Thanks.
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Or one of these. Works great. |
I use an Airplate T7 cabinet cooling fan. This is a pair of fans which operate by a control which selects speeds, both manually and automatically by a setting the desired temp. I use mine in open space mounted behind the amp in an open cabinet. At low speed it is very hard to hear with nothing else running. Mine is set up to pull air across the amps. (two amps - two sets of fans.) Works great! Sold by AC Infinity. |
What amp? If it needed a fan, they would have built one in, or stated so in the literature/specs. Enclosed, trapped heat, yes, but I would never add a fan if I could re-arrange for an 'open air' arrangement. My Cayin A88T has 4 KT88's, 2 6sn7, 2 6sl7. All of it's components are designed to operate without a fan, it's tube spacing determined by testing. It has no bottom vents, it's own feet for designed bottom clearance, a ventilated tube cover (I leave it off). It is on the top in open air, no trapped heat, no fan needed. |
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