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Receiver in Cabinet temps
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<blockquote data-quote="KenMasters" data-source="post: 956683" data-attributes="member: 517"><p>You need decent clearance along the sides as well, that's where the cooler air is supposed to be drawn in from. As for placing a fan on top of the receiver (sucking air up, not blowing down), that's fine if the front of the cabinet is open, but it's better still to have the fan installed in the back of the cabinet, to pull the air out of the space.</p><p></p><p>It shouldn't get so hot that you can't place your hand on it, I have my AVR on all day driving not particularly efficient speakers and it only gets warm, you can quite happily place your hand on it and leave it there. My cabinet is closed in the front but there are gaps to let air in. </p><p></p><p>I have a silent 200mm PC fan installed behind the AVR connected via USB (when the AVR turns on, it turns on) that draws the air through the space, keeping the AVR cool (cooler than when I had the back panel of the cabinet completely removed - heat still built up in there without anything to draw it out).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KenMasters, post: 956683, member: 517"] You need decent clearance along the sides as well, that's where the cooler air is supposed to be drawn in from. As for placing a fan on top of the receiver (sucking air up, not blowing down), that's fine if the front of the cabinet is open, but it's better still to have the fan installed in the back of the cabinet, to pull the air out of the space. It shouldn't get so hot that you can't place your hand on it, I have my AVR on all day driving not particularly efficient speakers and it only gets warm, you can quite happily place your hand on it and leave it there. My cabinet is closed in the front but there are gaps to let air in. I have a silent 200mm PC fan installed behind the AVR connected via USB (when the AVR turns on, it turns on) that draws the air through the space, keeping the AVR cool (cooler than when I had the back panel of the cabinet completely removed - heat still built up in there without anything to draw it out). [/QUOTE]
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