Enclosed entertainment credenza

[Papa Skynski]

Good morning, I have a question regarding placing my components in an enclosed entertainment credenza. I live in a rural area where even our roads are gravel. This has given me the problem of keeping my components clean. Due to our living area, dust is a constant problem. To alleviate part of the problem I purchased an enclosed entertainment credenza this past week. Since then I have noticed that my components become extremely warm being in an enclosed area. Does antone have any suggestions on what I should do to correct this problem. Ine of the solutions I am kicking around is to place a laptop cooling fan under the receiver, but I'm not sure this will provide enough cooling for the components. Any help would be greatly appreciated.........THANKS in advance

 

[Miltcharlie]

Aside from putting in a mini fan. You could leave the back panels off.

or..

On the side of a mini fan. If you have a cable box, it should have an extra recepticle for pluging in some other A/V component. It can be set to switched or unswitched.
I use it for my DVD recorder (unswitched).
Plus! Put one hole per level/shelf in the back panel for ventilation.


I believe some A/V receivers can do it to.

 

[just-some-guy]

seal the credenza. then get 2 small fans (of your choice). cut holes in the back for each fan = say, 1 at the lower left, and the other at the upper right. have the lower fan blowing in, and the upper fan blowing out. after this is done. make some kind of frame for each fan. then cover it with some kind of filter material. think speaker grill here.

 

[chris357]

seal the credenza. then get 2 small fans (of your choice). cut holes in the back for each fan = say, 1 at the lower left, and the other at the upper right. have the lower fan blowing in, and the upper fan blowing out. after this is done. make some kind of frame for each fan. then cover it with some kind of filter material. think speaker grill here.

i like that idea.. I think audioadvisor has some fans that are decent size or get some computer cooling fans for the job

 

[Calvert]

Another idea is to place a reverse fan that is made to remove hot air from your cabinet. Goggle for such and see if mounting such is possible. Laptop coolers, as you mentioned are also a great idea. One other thing, the quieter the better. if you have center air and heat install high quality return air filters by 3M. You can find those at Lows. Not cheap but sure does the job for us.

 

[KEW]

i like that idea.. I think audioadvisor has some fans that are decent size or get some computer cooling fans for the job

AudioAdviser is usually overpriced for what you get!

Check these out ($36 each):
https://www.amazon.com/AC-Infinity-AIRPLATE-Cooling-Cabinets/dp/B009CO543S/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1517291707&sr=8-6&keywords=ac+infinity

Of course, you still need to make sure the air flows through/around the units rather than just up along the cabinet walls. For a situation like the picture above, it would be ideal to put the hottest unit at the top and the coolest on the bottom; and drill or slot the shelves to allow easiest airflow wherever there are vents in the gear's case.
Also get a cheap laser thermometer gun to establish/monitor temperature improvements!
https://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Lasergrip-774-Non-contact-Thermometer/dp/B00837ZGRY/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1517292286&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=laser+thermometeer

 

[Bryce_H]

Those options from amazon are nice. In my old house I had a cabinet that I needed to add ventilation. I rewired some old computer fans to pull heat from the cabinet. used a hole saw to cut the circles in the back, screwed in the fans and then plugged them in.

Given all the cracks/gaps in the front on the cabinets around the doors I only had exhaust going (cool air came in through the gaps). Everything ran nice and cool. The only exception is when I fired up the PS3 - I had to leave the front cabinet door open (that sucker got hot!)