Not to try to be argumentative but this only proves the bare minimum of cooling
that exists under the tube deck. If you doubt this, turn the fan off and see
how long the solder lasts in any of the pins. If you have a slightly resistive
connection with enough air, chances are you would never have known it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Pete Smith
To: amps@contesting.com
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Fw: Fan for SB220
Just one minor quibble - the first two inches of the top rear portion of
my SB-220's RF cage is not open, presumably to make sure that the air
from the fan at least starts out in the right direction. The only
thermal problems I have had with my amp was the melting of the solder in
the filament pins of the tubes. The explanation I have heard for this
has nothing to do with cooling air or the lack, but rather to resistive
heating due to a slightly resistive connection between the pins and the
socket clips. After re-soldering the pins, I polished their outer
surface and then swapped the clips for those on two of the three grid
pins. No problems since.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 12/18/2010 1:20 PM, Mitch Cox wrote:
> The cooling on a standard SB-220 is a hit or miss proposition at best. You
have a large fan blowing at 2 tubes without anything directing or channeling
airflow with a completely open top letting the purposed airflow from the fan
escape right through the roof of the amplifier before it even reaches the tubes.
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