Heat heat and more heat??


My Jeff Rowland model 8 amp seems to be giving off more heat than I can ever remember. The sound still seems great, but the amp gets hot quicker than I ever remember ( heats up the room quickly!) and it is still warm even after several hours after shut down. Any ideas as to what's going on? Is it time for a trip back to Mr.Jeff?
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Daveyf,

Curiosity killed the cat. Did you disconnect the Sub from the amp to see if that was the cause of the heat?
(I assume the heat is coming from the power transistors heat sink fins on each side of the amp.)

If you did disconnect the sub and the amp still runs hot.......

Al, (Almarg),
If the bias was off for the power transistors of one channel or both, wouldn't that cause the amp to run hot?
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Jim