You can get rack fans as well, many have built-in temp controls-very nice.
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FWIW, I use a cabinet fan system from:
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Found Rack fan systems from ac infinity: CLOUDPLATE T1, Quiet Rack Cooling Fan System, 1U Exhaust - AC Infinity
@tajanes How does the home theater ones work - are they standard rack size or how do they get installed?
@KenRhodes do you have any brands in mind?
I’ve not used the rack units. I built these into the shelf pushing air up through the amps -currently a twin fan system with the amp camp amp (also put in a very fine computer air filter underneath the fan unit) It also then pulls air up from my amp that sits below this ‘fan shelf’. Q regarding N. Pass Amp Camp Amp
They are meant (I believe) to pull or push/pull air through a somewhat closed cabinet. Multiple options for the controller: set fan speed, set turn on temp with a selected fan speed, smart settings (adjusts fan speed relative to temp setting)…
Thanks, I saw your other thread. That amp camp amp runs hot in class A. My class AB amp gets warm, but not too hot, but it’s not been in a rack, so that might change
As a thought; my AV preamp ‘runs’ as a pass-through when not in use (so as to pass signal to tv when I’m not playing through my sound system). It runs rather warm on top and sits in a somewhat tight shelf. I’ve placed two small heatsink plates (bought through Amazon, approximately 6 x 3.6 x 0.6 inches) on top over the hot area (not over any vents) of the preamp and they do help in pulling and displacing heat.
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If you have spare rack space, pro contractors often choose to leave a blank space between heat producing components to give them “room to breath”. You can buy filler screens to fill the gaps. Some are solid, I have mesh filler blanks.
I am making custom rack - these will hold a bunch of different components. I do also have a growing assortment of pro gear with rack ears, and the idea of going with rack rails for the pro gear seems more efficient. I haven’t used rack rails or stacked pro gear, hence the questions and stuff!
Ani - 3/4 oak is more than suitable for making the rack rails. You can easily drill & tap it for standard hardware. It’ll even hold up to some abuse if you stack and support everything well.
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Tom, did you make any by any chance?
We built two 16 space racks when I was working with a country band in the 90s. One for the main amps and the other for monitor amps and power distro. That main amp rack was ~250 lbs and survived over 600 trips up & down our rumble strip truck ramp.
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