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Dust. It causes uneven heating in the tube plates, especially on 
horizontally installed tubes (e.g. Triaxis, MP-1).

The general advice is to clean it out on a regular basis.

Adrian Teo
Function7 Engineering


On Sep 8, 2006, at 10:30 PM, MM wrote:

>  
>
> What shortens tube life, the air or the dust? My mesa amp has a 
> factory installed fan blowing over 16 tubes.
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gsp-2101@...m [mailto:gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of Adrian Teo
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 9:52 PM
> To: gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [gsp-2101] Re: Cooling my 2101
>
>  
>
> Forced-air cooling could potentially lead to increased dust and dirt
>  gathering in the internal components since air s forcibly sucked in.
>  The amount of dust does depend on where the unit is installed - and
>  this does shorten tube life.
>
>  Adrian Teo
>  Function7 Engineering
>
>  On Sep 8, 2006, at 9:39 PM, MM wrote:
>
>  > A little air circulation can’t hurt.
>  >
>  >  
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com [mailto:gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com] On
>  > Behalf Of saber540ltd
>  > Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 9:01 PM
>  > To: gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com
>  > Subject: [gsp-2101] Re: Cooling my 2101
>  >
>  >  
>  >
>  > To be quite honest, you're treating the symptom instead of the
>  > disease. You shouldn't need a fan. I would have replaced the voltage
>  > regulator(s) first. They're very common and easy to find in any
>  > electronics supply store.
>  >
>  > --- In gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com, "james roberson" <blakhaus@...>
>  > wrote:
>  > >
>  > > Hi everyone, I am new here and just wanted to tell you guys about
>  > my upgrade
>  > > to my 94 2101. It has the latest firmware, 20mhz crystal and ppc-
>  > 210. I
>  > > installed a 120mm fan in the lid over the power supply and let me
>  > tell you
>  > > WOW!! The heatsink is now out of a job. The fan has a dedicated
>  > power supply
>  > > outside of the 2101. I did this mod because my 2101 would lockup
>  > after 30
>  > > min or so, when I put my hand on the heatsink OUCH!! blazing hot;
>  > now the
>  > > heatsink does'nt even get warm. The best part is no more lockups!!
>  > > AWESOME!!!
>  > >
>  > > Just a little
>  > info for ya,
>  > > James
>  > >
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