[Mark-sf]

The 7000 has active cooling using a fan. Is that running? Are you measuring this at idle? I believe the fan kicks on at 50 degs.

[Glitch]

BeoMedia wrote:

Previously I haven’t give it much thought but upon measuring I found that the BeoMaster 7000 measures 40° celcius at the heat fins on the back of the amplifier. Granted it is warmer today at measurement.

Just to be clear, you are talking about the temperature when the Beomaster is in full standby, or essentially as “off” as it can be?

Do you have the ability to measure the current draw from the outlet? That would be more definitive for any comparisons than trying to measure temperature.

Glitch

 

[BeoMedia]

Hello,

I have a BeoMaster 7000 that has had recapping in the power supply and IR/CPU board and the voltage changed to 240V.

Previously I haven’t give it much thought but upon measuring I found that the BeoMaster 7000 measures 40° celcius at the heat fins on the back of the amplifier. Granted it is warmer today at measurement.

Still, what is correct temp within specification? I suppose it also depends on the environment so asked in a different way how much warmer should the BeoMaster be than surrounding temperature?

[Dillen]

These Beomasters (5500, 6500, 7000) will run a little warm at the cooling fins when powered up, even when not actually playing anything but silence.
This is mainly because the cooling fin also holds the power supply voltage regulators.

If the cooling fin is also warm in standby, it is most often caused by one or more
cracked solder joints at the amplifier power supply relay, keeping it from drawing and cutting power to the amplifiers, which means that the amplifiers will still be powered in standby.
Not good for the electric bill either.

The fan will normally only activate when playing at loud volumes with heavy passive speaker loads.

Martin

[Die_Bogener]

A BM5500/6500/7000 in standby, no amplifier running, no sound, no display, just the red dot: 20-25 Degrees Celsius… some degrees, maybe 5 degrees more than room temperature.

Anything else more means problems with transformer or voltage regulation…

 

[BeoMedia]

Hi guys,

I have now had a chance to measure the consumption of my Beomaster 7000 and in standby it is pulling 10.8 watts. This might be normal?

[Die_Bogener]

Around 10W is ok.

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