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In Reply to: RE: Allen, posted by jaydacus on October 04, 2010 at 00:18:35
Its hours of being on. That said, when I'm going to be listening to my system on and off during the day, I just leave it on. Not only does this ensure that its warmed up when I'm ready to listen, but the constant heating/cooling from frequent on/off cycling is hard on the tubes too. Just buy new tubes periodically, that's the price of having tubed gear.
Jack
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I would think of it if I lived somewhere else. Took two lightning strikes in three years. Microwave, phones, wireless internet etc gone. Cable was fixed for free. Computers & stereo gear was unplugged!
Second strike blew old BX cable out on the whole second floor.The basement & first floor had new romex wiring thus survived. I had to rewire the second floor. Of course, performed the rewiring myself thru out the summer, but should have subcontracted the work!
I'm sure a lot of people (self included) don't like to leave hot amps on when they're not around for fear of fire hazard.
25 years ago my girlfriend was forced to leave her apartment one night after a fire in the one above it caused evacuation of her building. So later that night, after all the trauma over the fire above her apartment, she came to mine to spend the night.
It was in the wee hours of that particular night that my Dynaco PAS 2, left on most of the time, chose to erupt into flames...
I'm still around, just not listening at the moment. I don't leave my amp on if I'm leaving the house, but If I'm around doing chores and know I'll listen on and off during the day, I leave it on.
Jack
Would using a 10A variac help tube life? Or decrease it?
I am new to this but have been using it as I've seen light dimmers really increase light bulbs life to many years. That way inrush current can't kill the filament on turnon. I suppose those ICL's sold would help too. I also stop under 115V to help on old amps not designed for 122V. Heaters are running higher at todays voltages too.
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