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An amplifier getting hot due to spacing or clipping?
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<blockquote data-quote="Shane Presley" data-source="post: 2241" data-attributes="member: 110"><p>So to start off....forgive me if this topic was ever covered on the old forum. I was supplying my rig to a local fair who had a popular 80's band, hitting the kit pretty hard. Anyway, the top amp of my 4 x PLX3402 combination was hotter than the rest of the amps, and was giving a slight clip indication, without hitting the yellow inidcation led lamp. it was hitting green led / green led/ red light clip "flickering".. It was powering the mid/high section of 3 EAW KF730 cabs. So two questions - what would cause the amp to behave this way, and secondly, was the amp extra hot due to induction from the others, or was it over-heating from the light clipping. I checked the 3 other amps running the other mid/high signal, and they were all clean. I'm running them bridged mono. Should I space these amps out with a rack space in between each for better cooling?</p><p></p><p>thanks </p><p>SP</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shane Presley, post: 2241, member: 110"] So to start off....forgive me if this topic was ever covered on the old forum. I was supplying my rig to a local fair who had a popular 80's band, hitting the kit pretty hard. Anyway, the top amp of my 4 x PLX3402 combination was hotter than the rest of the amps, and was giving a slight clip indication, without hitting the yellow inidcation led lamp. it was hitting green led / green led/ red light clip "flickering".. It was powering the mid/high section of 3 EAW KF730 cabs. So two questions - what would cause the amp to behave this way, and secondly, was the amp extra hot due to induction from the others, or was it over-heating from the light clipping. I checked the 3 other amps running the other mid/high signal, and they were all clean. I'm running them bridged mono. Should I space these amps out with a rack space in between each for better cooling? thanks SP [/QUOTE]
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