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Is 24 inches enough space for this class a amp?

I accidentally left my beloved Luxman 595 class a amp on all night for about 9 hours. 

I was wondering, from where the top of it is and the ceiling is 24 in. Is that enough airspace so I won’t cut the life short on it?

Since they get hot and heat is The enemy of electronics. This is my favorite amp and I want it to last on my life. I only play it on the weekends as I have another amp for the weekday.

Please no discussion on me using a wire shelf rack. I know some people hate it but I don’t care and I’m not changing that. I’m short on space in my house and that’s the end of that discussion.

https://imgur.com/a/OEfsudb

dman777
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slaw
26,538 posts
 

Looks fine to me for airflow. You even have your HVAC vent close by when the AC is running.

charles7
121 posts
 

I've used two solid-state class A amps rated at 25 and 30 watts. I leave the amp on all the time, no problem.

As for space, hold your hand at varying heights above the amp to get some idea of how the temperature falls.

 

dman777 OP
189 posts
 

I felt The ceiling above the amp and it was slightly warm. It’s 24 inch from the amp. The ceiling was warm, does that mean that the amp could be getting some of that hot air back?

peter_s
1,440 posts
 

You are worrying too much. That is not a problem

You could keep your wire rack and put a piece of maple butcher block under the amp, which would then allow you to use other footers under the amp… If you wanted to experiment.

mark200mph
852 posts
 

Get on Amazon there are small fans you can get for audio that are quiet and can just leave on or put a temp controll device on them.25$each run off 5v USB or the back of many amps have 5v power out back for that. With this it does not matter if you forget and leave it on. I have several and my krell keeps cool under full volumn.heat is the enemy of most things. In pure class a the transistors run full power all the time and that generates heat but that's why the sound good. Enjoy the cool music.

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