I have a question. My 606 allways got hot, i reallocated my shelf space to add about 2-3 feet of ambient air above the receiver so it didnt smother itself. I will post my photos of everthing once i finally *cough* *cough* get everthing i ordered :)

However i can only imagine how hot the 806 will get. I see alot of people mentioning adding a fan. How in the world do you do that, i have no intention of opeaning the thing up... Any words of wisdom?

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-L3goS3rver

Somewhere in these forums, or maybe over in AVS forums, some put a link to a company that sells a kit for around $25.  It uses a quiet computer fan and has mounting bracket.  It sit on the top of the AVR, over the hotest area.

 

Cheers 

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Russ

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Here's a decent fan kit, you just put it right on top of the amp's vents:

http://www.buyextras.com/evavcoblfanf.html?gclid=CLqC69L8lpUCFRILIgod1z4lgw

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Jason Hicks
Aperion Audio Guru

That looks interesting. Im sceptical about how much good it can do with such a small fan. Plus they are custom fabricated. Do they sell any profesional grade units. Maybe with a 120mm fan or larger? That way its not so lound. And in the interest of continuing to bug.. Naturally you would want the fan to come on when the unit turns on, and off when its off. But i dont want to have to flap a switch. And where do these get there power from :?

 

im an idiot i know :)

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cucore:

That looks interesting. Im sceptical about how much good it can do with such a small fan. Plus they are custom fabricated. Do they sell any profesional grade units. Maybe with a 120mm fan or larger? That way its not so lound. And in the interest of continuing to bug.. Naturally you would want the fan to come on when the unit turns on, and off when its off. But i dont want to have to flap a switch. And where do these get there power from :?

 

im an idiot i know :)

Well I was gonna say you could just plug it into the AC outlet on the back of the 806, only problem is that it doesn't have one, hmmmm . . . .
 

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Jason Hicks
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Ok here's a better one, this one has a thermal controller that will turn on either at 81 or 86 degrees and off at 76 or 81 degrees depending on which temperature option you buy:

http://www.coolerguys.com/840556082491.html

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Jason Hicks
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Jason Hicks:

cucore:

That looks interesting. Im sceptical about how much good it can do with such a small fan. Plus they are custom fabricated. Do they sell any profesional grade units. Maybe with a 120mm fan or larger? That way its not so lound. And in the interest of continuing to bug.. Naturally you would want the fan to come on when the unit turns on, and off when its off. But i dont want to have to flap a switch. And where do these get there power from :?

 

im an idiot i know :)

Well I was gonna say you could just plug it into the AC outlet on the back of the 806, only problem is that it doesn't have one, hmmmm . . . .
 

 

There is a 12v Trigger out on the 806.  That should drive a fan.

 

Cheers 

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Russ

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Russ:

Jason Hicks:

cucore:

That looks interesting. Im sceptical about how much good it can do with such a small fan. Plus they are custom fabricated. Do they sell any profesional grade units. Maybe with a 120mm fan or larger? That way its not so lound. And in the interest of continuing to bug.. Naturally you would want the fan to come on when the unit turns on, and off when its off. But i dont want to have to flap a switch. And where do these get there power from :?

 

im an idiot i know :)

Well I was gonna say you could just plug it into the AC outlet on the back of the 806, only problem is that it doesn't have one, hmmmm . . . .
 

 

There is a 12v Trigger out on the 806.  That should drive a fan.

 

Cheers 

 

 How does that work, Any DC fan will work... CONFUSLED?

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-L3goS3rver

Jason Hicks:

Ok here's a better one, this one has a thermal controller that will turn on either at 81 or 86 degrees and off at 76 or 81 degrees depending on which temperature option you buy:

http://www.coolerguys.com/840556082491.html

 

Thanks, That looks better. That ones a bit odd though with the facia it looks like its ment to be mounted in the case :?

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-L3goS3rver

Dude!

I have the 805, and it does get mighty warm. However, I can put my hand on it and not have to pull it away (barely). I have run it on very high volume for movies that have run 2 1/2 hours (concerts too, which is constant high volume).

You have stated that you have made room for your receiver to breathe. The need for a fan might not even be there. Many think that this concern over heat on the Onkyos are overstated. I did much research on this before buying the 805, even asking the folks at Aperion, since they run one of these.

While a fan wont hurt anything, you might not even need one.

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Scottiemon

It looks like it's designed to be mounted in the side of the cabinet by cutting a hole, which of course you wouldn't want to do since it would void your warranty, but you could always call them and see if you could just place it on top of the amp without it being too loud.   

There's also this dual fan unit with stand, but it looks like you have to buy the thermal controller separately.

http://www.coolerguys.com/ccstandk.html

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Jason Hicks
Aperion Audio Guru

Well yeah we run our 875 for eight hours at a time with about a half an inch of clearance with no extra fan and haven't had any problems for over a year, but better safe than sorry I suppose. 

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Jason Hicks
Aperion Audio Guru

Thanks,

 

I saw coolerguys has a few models. But from what i am reading the 806 is running cooler than the 805. And i did move shelving up to give it enough breating room that it is esentially the same as sitting it on a table by itself.  (i promise ill put pics up soon) So if you guys are not worried about running the 805+ with very little breating room, i have to assume i would be fine. Plus its getting winter and my house is going to be 60 degrees for the next few month, so an accurate tempture wont be found till spring anyway.

 I am curious though, i looked at the back and it has a 12v dv Zone2 out. How on earth would all that work with a fan?

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-L3goS3rver

cucore:

Thanks,

 

I saw coolerguys has a few models. But from what i am reading the 806 is running cooler than the 805. And i did move shelving up to give it enough breating room that it is esentially the same as sitting it on a table by itself.  (i promise ill put pics up soon) So if you guys are not worried about running the 805+ with very little breating room, i have to assume i would be fine. Plus its getting winter and my house is going to be 60 degrees for the next few month, so an accurate tempture wont be found till spring anyway.

 I am curious though, i looked at the back and it has a 12v dv Zone2 out. How on earth would all that work with a fan?

 

Did not realize the 12v trigger was for zone 2.  That kind of sucks actually.  The triggers are use with power strips that use the 12 signal to turn the power strip on.  This allows your AVR to turn the power on to seperate amps, subs, lighting, cooling fans or whatever.  Onkyo has tied it to zone 2 which limits it to basically turning on an amp for zone 2.

Cheers 

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Russ

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Unless im looking at it wrong. Here is a stock hi res image of the back. (p.s I offer free unlimited image hosting over at confusedbeaver.com)

 

 

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-L3goS3rver