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I Need A Fan Recommendation

Posted by geezerrocket on October 17, 2016 at 12:58:13

Below: There is at least 5 inches above the amp.

Below: No cover installed.

I have a Sherwood S-5000 with five 12AX7's, two 7199's, four 7189 output tubes, and GZ34 rectifier. That a lot of glowing glass in a small footprint.

It sits on a large rack with plenty of breathing room, but after a 5 hour session today the power transformer was pretty damn hot. The output transformers were only warm. All the tubes test very good to new, and I do not use it with the factory case/shroud installed.

I talked with Mike Samra today and he said maybe I should look into some sort of fan. Do any of you fellas have any recommendations for a QUIET fan? I am sensitive to fan noise and had a Hafler DH-500 once that sounded great.....until the fan went from level one to level two - Sold it.

I was thinking of a two pronged affair that I could plug directly into the back of the Sherwood. I was looking at this one, but don't know.

Thanks.

Addendum: I should probably add that I was running 87ish db Paradigm Reference 40 v3 speakers today while I upgrade the crossover caps on my horns. While I didn't have to turn the volume all the way up, I did have to go past 2 o'clock. My horns spring to life at around the 10:30 to 11:00 mark.

• https://www.amazon.com/Antec-TrueQuiet-120-120mm-Cooling/dp/   (Open in New Window)

Edits: 10/17/16 10/17/16

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