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Old 28-06-2009, 8:09 PM   #1
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Onkyo amp cooling ideas

I'm looking to cool my Onk down a bit as i'm a little concerned that the temp its giving of up to 52C is a bit high. I was considering getting myself an Antec AV Cooler, but was wondering if anyone else had any suggestions?

Ideally i would like to have a way of having a cooling system turn on with the amp. Is it possible to use the 12v trigger in some way maybe?


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Re: Onkyo amp cooling ideas

Hi,

Somebody in one of the members kit threads had one of these on top of their Onk.(Item 2,I think)

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?...ooling&menu=-3

I think it sucks the air upward and expells it above.they did have some space above theirs though.More than the 5cm Ive got above mine.

I am still considering it though.

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Old 07-07-2009, 1:55 PM   #3
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Re: Onkyo amp cooling ideas

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I'm looking to cool my Onk down a bit as i'm a little concerned that the temp its giving of up to 52C is a bit high. I was considering getting myself an Antec AV Cooler, but was wondering if anyone else had any suggestions?

Ideally i would like to have a way of having a cooling system turn on with the amp. Is it possible to use the 12v trigger in some way maybe?


Cheers all
I'm thinking similar, I think you could use 3 120MM PC fans in-line but you need a transformer. Over on AVS they talk about 12v triggers but all the links are to USA sites, seems a bit harder to trace components over here.

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Old 08-08-2009, 3:24 PM   #4
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Re: Onkyo amp cooling ideas

I'm looking at cooling aswell, any body found any other solutions.
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Old 09-08-2009, 7:06 AM   #5
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Re: Onkyo amp cooling ideas

I made a cooling system for my AV amp based on a thread in here

I will see if I can find the thread and post a link

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Old 09-08-2009, 7:14 AM   #6
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Re: Onkyo amp cooling ideas

This is what I based my cooling system on

A guide to adding cooling to your cabinets - Work in progress
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