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Discussion in 'Portable and Other Gear Measurements' started by atomicbob, Jan 27, 2017.

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  1. Aklegal

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    Received my MJ3 yesterday. I don't have a fancy FLIR thermal camera, just a cheap infrared gun. Mine topped out at 151 degrees after more than two hours of operation. The MJ3 was sitting directly on top of a Audio GD Master 9 with internal heatsinks that reach temps of 120 on its own.

    My rig is in my basement and the ambient Temps this time of year are around 70 degrees.
     
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    Aklegal, Oct 11, 2023
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    Initially, my MJ3 would reach about 165 degrees on a baby FLIR and Type-K thermocouple. I wasn’t concerned, but was curious due to this conversation. I have been able to get my MJ3 down to 155ºF from 165ºF with a couple of changes. I though I had my MJ3 on a double conversion UPS set at 115 VAC, but when I moved my music setup in September, I needed to do some work on the outlet and a GFCI circuit to make the UPS happy and still had the MJ3 power cord off the wall. I thought it was feeding from the UPS, but nope.

    I suspect the most significant factor is the drop from ~123 VAC to 115 VAC.

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    At 165 degrees:
    • Mains at 123-126 VAC during the day, 119 to 123 VAC at night.
    • Ambient temperature at 24ºC.
    • Sitting on top of a powered on Rag 1.
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    At 155 degrees:
    • Mains regulated to 115 VAC with a Vertiv GXT5 double conversion UPS.
    • Ambient temp at 22ºC in this image.
    • Still sitting on top of a powered on Rag1.
      • I might shut if off and post a follow up if the temp is lower.
     
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    I shut off the Rag1 and had the MJ3 on most of the day and was listening to music for an hour before taking this measurement.

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    At 139ºF (maybe 141):
    • Mains regulated to 115 VAC
    • Ambient temperature at 21ºC
    • Sitting on top of a powered off and cold Rag1
     
    Vansen, Oct 15, 2023
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