Very Curious what these are for 🤔

[Cricketbat70]

From Marantz:

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Now we know

 

[Deleted member 201267]

From Marantz:

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Always a good idea to ask the manufacturer...

 

[Gray]

Now we know

For decades I've owned amps that have got just as hot.
Without the plastic pieces 😱.....I count myself lucky to have survived.
Thank you Europe for protecting me in the future.

 

[Cricketbat70]

For decades I've owned amps that have got just as hot.
Without the plastic pieces 😱.....I count myself lucky to have survived.
Thank you Europe for protecting me in the future.

🤣

 

[daveh75]

For decades I've owned amps that have got just as hot.
Without the plastic pieces 😱.....I count myself lucky to have survived.
Thank you Europe for protecting me in the future.

Unfortunately the world is full of idiots that governments feel they need to protect from themselves*

Personally I feel the gene pool would benefit from allowing them to become potential winners of the Darwin Award 😀😉


*remember if legislation exists it's almost certainly coz said idiots have previously done what it's trying to prevent...

 

[DCarmi]

My PM6006 case is likely to exceed 70C? Really?
At least I now know how to keep my coffee warm when listening to my tunes.

 

[SteveH72]

From Marantz:

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I believe it’s something to do with European fire hazard safety regulations. God knows how it helps, though.

I thought as much.
As I said, God knows how it helps……

 

[Gray]

God knows how it helps……

To protect children from touching 'hot' casework?......in which case, probably more necessary on radiators.

 

[nopiano]

Unfortunately the world is full of idiots that governments feel they need to protect from themselves*

Personally I feel the gene pool would benefit from allowing them to become potential winners of the Darwin Award 😀😉


*remember if legislation exists it's almost certainly coz said idiots have previously done what it's trying to prevent...

Which is presumably why the first page or two of the manual/handbook lists things like:- don’t operate this amplifier in a bathroom, and don’t clean it with petrol!! 😕

 

[nopiano]

Always a good idea to ask the manufacturer...

Indeed, but it’s almost unbelievable.

 

[Cricketbat70]

Unfortunately the world is full of idiots that governments feel they need to protect from themselves*

Personally I feel the gene pool would benefit from allowing them to become potential winners of the Darwin Award 😀😉


*remember if legislation exists it's almost certainly coz said idiots have previously done what it's trying to prevent...

I was talking about this thread and your comment with my son on the way home tonight and he just said, like that meme;

"I'm not saying we should kill anyone, just remove all the warning labels and let it sort itself out."

 

[npxavar]

Why the difference in the size of the plastic cover though? The square inch large on the Marantz cannot have a significant impact on the case temperature. Maybe it's there so that the user can test for the temperature of the case without getting burned.

 

[twinkletoes]

there is a no heat sink there

From Marantz:

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Something not adding up with that statement, its not even covering the heat sink. But it does cover the transformer in its entirety.

No class A amps have these installed, all get fair fair hotter.

but ill take there word for it

 

[Friesiansam]

Something not adding up with that statement, its not even covering the heat sink. But it does cover the transformer in its entirety.

Presumably, it does enough to satisfy EU law though.

Next perhaps, a label that says "Hot surface, do not touch with sensitive parts of your anatomy"?

 

[SteveH72]

Reminds me of a Billy Connolly joke where he finds a hotel hairdryer with a label saying “do not use in the shower” attached to it………

 

[Shrek]

Now we know

Be removing mine !

 

[npxavar]

No class A amps have these installed, all get fair fair hotter.

How many Class A amps are sold in department stores? The are only sold in "specialty stores" and probably this is what makes a difference. Japanese brands produce stereos and AVRs in way larger quantities and need more outlets to sell them.

 

[npxavar]

My PM6006 case is likely to exceed 70C? Really?
At least I now know how to keep my coffee warm when listening to my tunes.

If you were listening at twice the distance and your speakers were a pair of Harberths, it probably would.

 

[Cricketbat70]

If you were listening at twice the distance and your speakers were a pair of Harberths, it probably would.

Luke the 1980's Sinclair zx81 computer, they actually recommended putting a bottle of milk on top to act as a heat sink🤣

 

[Al ears]

How many Class A amps are sold in department stores? The are only sold in "specialty stores" and probably this is what makes a difference. Japanese brands produce stereos and AVRs in way larger quantities and need more outlets to sell them.

If it's EU law it doesn't matter where the item is sold.

 

[Jasonovich]

I think it may have already been mentioned, these are heat protection for fingers or the hamster to warm its bum on a cold winter day.

 

[Shrek]

I think it may have already been mentioned, these are heat protection for fingers or the hamster to warm its bum on a cold winter day.

I dont have a Hampster would love a dog though.

 

[DCarmi]

Better be careful of the size of dog, if you plan to sit it on the amp!

 

[Shrek]

Huskeys dont like heat .