Post by quattroll2 on Jul 26, 2023 11:50:26 GMT -5
Hi Lounge,
Recently I posted about my stacked (3) PA-1s getting pretty warm/ almost hot, and I have separated them on the advice given. While I was doing that I noticed that my CMX-1 was pretty warm too. I have another one so I checked it and it’s room temperature with no real draw and barely warm when powering up several amps, a TV, Dac and other components, maybe 10, some just wall warts.
In comparison, the affected CMX-1 is hot at idle when feeding a nice Panamax power conditioner. When I use the manual off toggle on that unit, it cools right down to room temperature. The only other device is a SA-250, idle with trigger off. So this means that without any draw from other components, the Panamax must be interacting with the CMX-1, despite no draw, and unlike my other setup.
This seems strange to me, and although I don’t necessarily think it’s outright bad, it is a little concerning. Can anyone comment on this condition and perhaps explain what is going on?
Fyi, I wired it this way when I still had an ageing Plasma TV set, that I deduced was polluting my entire system but I got rid of transformer hum with the SA-250 outside of the power conditioner. My PA-1s were not affected interestingly, perhaps due to the class D architecture.
Many thanks.
Recently I posted about my stacked (3) PA-1s getting pretty warm/ almost hot, and I have separated them on the advice given. While I was doing that I noticed that my CMX-1 was pretty warm too. I have another one so I checked it and it’s room temperature with no real draw and barely warm when powering up several amps, a TV, Dac and other components, maybe 10, some just wall warts.
In comparison, the affected CMX-1 is hot at idle when feeding a nice Panamax power conditioner. When I use the manual off toggle on that unit, it cools right down to room temperature. The only other device is a SA-250, idle with trigger off. So this means that without any draw from other components, the Panamax must be interacting with the CMX-1, despite no draw, and unlike my other setup.
This seems strange to me, and although I don’t necessarily think it’s outright bad, it is a little concerning. Can anyone comment on this condition and perhaps explain what is going on?
Fyi, I wired it this way when I still had an ageing Plasma TV set, that I deduced was polluting my entire system but I got rid of transformer hum with the SA-250 outside of the power conditioner. My PA-1s were not affected interestingly, perhaps due to the class D architecture.
Many thanks.
