SH73 Posted yesterday at 13:20 Posted yesterday at 13:20 Today, I had my Marshall DSL40CR delivered. I ordered it from gear4music and it arrived from the warehouse in Germany to my address in the UK in just over 24 hours. The temperatures were rather cold recently , minus 4 degrees C and as the amp travelled in a van, airplane then van again, it was exposed to cold temperatures. My instinct and chat GPT suggest leaving it at the room temperature for 24 hours before switching on to allow for the cold components and valves to acclimatize and allow for the condensation build up to dry. Is this something I should adhere to? So difficult to resist the temptation, plug it in and crack it up! Quote
Dad3353 Posted yesterday at 13:46 Posted yesterday at 13:46 22 minutes ago, SH73 said: Today, I had my Marshall DSL40CR delivered. I ordered it from gear4music and it arrived from the warehouse in Germany to my address in the UK in just over 24 hours. The temperatures were rather cold recently , minus 4 degrees C and as the amp travelled in a van, airplane then van again, it was exposed to cold temperatures. My instinct and chat GPT suggest leaving it at the room temperature for 24 hours before switching on to allow for the cold components and valves to acclimatize and allow for the condensation build up to dry. Is this something I should adhere to? So difficult to resist the temptation, plug it in and crack it up! Resist, resist. Just another day to wait. Better that than be asking for details of a competent repair person for a blown-up valve amp, no..? Wise advice for any electronic equipment, really, but for an amp which will, by its functioning, heat up cold glass rapidly, it's a 'no-brainer'. Patience, young grasshopper; patience. 1 2 Quote
SH73 Posted yesterday at 14:00 Author Posted yesterday at 14:00 12 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: Resist, resist. Just another day to wait. Better that than be asking for details of a competent repair person for a blown-up valve amp, no..? Wise advice for any electronic equipment, really, but for an amp which will, by its functioning, heat up cold glass rapidly, it's a 'no-brainer'. Patience, young grasshopper; patience. Thank you, Young grasshopper 🤣 that made me giggle, I needed that 1 Quote
Bolo Posted yesterday at 14:21 Posted yesterday at 14:21 It'll dry quicker switched on and cranked. Whatever happens serves you right for asking chatgpt before us. 2 Quote
Reggaebass Posted yesterday at 14:21 Posted yesterday at 14:21 Yeah I’d wait a while too, especially in this weather, best to be safe 1 Quote
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted yesterday at 14:22 Posted yesterday at 14:22 24 hours is more than enough. For many years my valve amps took the ride to the gig in the back of a van, where there was little to no heat, while being stored during the week in an unheated shed. Mind you the over night temperatures in my area during winter are -5C and lower, often dipping to -20C. The time between when my amp got into the heated club and when I fired it up was about an hour. I never had a problem. 1 Quote
PaulThePlug Posted yesterday at 15:07 Posted yesterday at 15:07 Marshall DSL40CR?.. don't sound like a bass amp... just go for it 🤣 1 Quote
SH73 Posted yesterday at 15:38 Author Posted yesterday at 15:38 28 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said: Marshall DSL40CR?.. don't sound like a bass amp... just go for it 🤣 FYI, between Christmas and today I sold 3 solid state Marshall amps to fund this one, I hope it's worth it. 1 Quote
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