Aksa Lender P-MOS Hybrid Aleph (ALPHA) Amplifier

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Mine? They are 17-18mm.

In Monotube2's case, they are 20mm thick and no fins! But sheer mass of 25kg of welded plate aluminum (looks like T-6092?) should be fine for a BB even.

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By the way, I will build similar speakers like danny the difference I will use one Alcone woofer with Hi-Vi F10 woofer. I have all the drivers only need some good tweeters.
That will be around 4 Ohms speakers.
That is why I need something beefy amplifier. At the moment I think (one option) to drive one of the woofers active with that the speakers will be 8R.
I will see.
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A 9lb 400VA 25V toroidal trafo is on its way to my lab. Did you know that you can't order more than 1 at a time? Antek uses USPS Priority mail and there is a weight limit that is broken with two.

I have the BB output MOSFETs.

I am missing some of the small SMT PWM fan control stuff that JPS64 put into the controller board. That is needed or 100W will quickly toast the MOSFETS without proper cooling.
 
In Monotube2's case, they are 20mm thick and no fins! But sheer mass of 25kg of welded plate aluminum (looks like T-6092?) should be fine for a BB even.
Since more than half the heat would be radiating inward (assuming everything is mounted inside), isn't there a potential for excessive heat build up affecting, or decreasing the life span of, the speaker materials (cones, surrounds); even with the 20W version?
 
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Since more than half the heat would be radiating inward (assuming everything is mounted inside), isn't there a potential for excessive heat build up affecting, or decreasing the life span of, the speaker materials (cones, surrounds); even with the 20W version?

It will be warmer inside the cabinet - this is where adding insulation pads internally would help. Foil covered pink Owens Corning fiberglass anyone? That would force heat to radiate outwards.
 
Hi, I wont forget fans :) i'll power them first with external aux supply. Usually I check wires like 10 times, don't trust myself enough.

Theres just thick aluminium plate bolted on top of mosfets, needs some reinforcement, it was 5mins quick and dirty experiment. Maybe a little longer and bolts to other ends also. Bolted L-angle would be stiffer and I might chance to that later.
 

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My new heatsinks arrived today, they should be ample for 20w Alpha. I'll attach a few quick pics for scale.

Each heatsink is 8" of this profile:

http://www.heatsinkusa.com/10-080-wide-extruded-aluminum-heatsink/


I'm pretty swamped for awhile, but I'm hoping to sneak in some time to get these prepped. I've matched my mosfet's and just need to mount to heatsinks, then wire up the proto-chassis for first sound.
 

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