Dynamat Inside A Receiver?

LiquidSound
LiquidSound Posts: 1,261
edited February 2005 in Electronics
I cracked open a Pioneer Elite vsx53tx (I'll be getting the 54tx and wanted to check out the power cord connection) and saw lots of bare panel inside the casing. I thought, hmm.. dual layer chassis' and other anti-vibration deals. Why not just put dynamat on the inside of the casing or on other usable surfaces??
Anybody done this or anything similar? Any bad side effects anyone can think of?
I wonder if it would void the warranty.. I'll make a call and find out tomorrow.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,769
    edited February 2005
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited February 2005
    Lots of people do this with their CD/DVD players. However, I don't see how this would help inside a receiver, just seams like it would keep more heat inside.
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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited February 2005
    Originally posted by PolkThug
    Lots of people do this with their CD/DVD players. However, I don't see how this would help inside a receiver, just seams like it would keep more heat inside.

    I second that, especially if you put dynamat extreme. The foil on it is intended for thermal purposes. IE: Keeping the temperatures on either side seperate. You'd could have issues with heat.
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  • pjdami
    pjdami Posts: 1,894
    edited February 2005
    Undoubtably, the interior heat would rise somewhat because there would be loss of heat transfer through the insulated dynamatting case by conduction. But this should be almost negligible compared to the natural convective heat loss through the vents on the case. Obviously, the vents should never be covered and be allowed to vent freely with open space at the top.

    The $10,000 question is if the design engineers designed the heat vents with the losses due to conduction as part of the equation. In that case it would be a bad idea.

    I have the know how and ability to figure it out; but would need more information to do any calcs.

    Personally, I don't see any harm in strategically place "strips" of dynamat as long as you don't overdo it. Maybe take some "before and after" temps?
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited February 2005
    Spend the money on an isolation platform to go under the unit.

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