How hot does your tweed run?

[Wombaticus]

Just hoping to compare notes here to see how hot people's 2x6V6 + recto tube tweed builds run (in a standard 5E3 type cab) after being on for an extended period of time.

I noticed tonight that the top (control) panel on my Tremolux build gets really quite hot after a couple of hours. The 6V6s in this are biased to about 9W each, and I'm using a 5U4GB recto. Is this typical or cause for alarm?

[loudthud]

I built a 2x 6L6 amp in a 5E3 chassis/cab. It took about an hour but it got too hot. Even with a solid state rectifier installed, the power transformer got so hot you couldn't hold you finger on it for five seconds. I installed a power transformer from Allen which lowered the B+ some and also ran cooler. It still runs pretty hot, but after a long gig you can hold a finger on the transformer for five seconds, just barely.

[tubeswell]

Your scenario sounds normal to me. I usually leave my amps on for 3 or 4 hours at a time when gigging. At the end of the night they sound pretty good (if I may say so myself) - The heat helps their mojo

[JoeM]

All my tubes amps ('tweed' or otherwise), get hot. My Princeton's PT get real hot, but it's still working after over 40 years.