Allow shipped solid state Amp to Acclimate before opening?

[Ed Goist]

I'll be receiving a new AG200 solid state acoustic amp from Carvin today via the Big Brown Truck.

It has been below 20°F (-7°C) here for the past several days.

Should I allow the shipping box containing the amp to acclimate before opening it? Is there any reason to worry about a fairly rapid temperature swing when it comes to a solid state amp? Is there a risk to the vinyl on the amp or the adhesive used to apply it?

[Billbass1]

You should be fine for opening the box and removing the amp .
It would probally be a good idea to than let the amp warm up to room tempature for a couple
Of hours before plugging in and turning on .
Than comes the task of properly breaking in the amp, which is itself , a debatable subject .

[sgrexa]

Funny, I left an old Fender Deluxe Reverb in my trunk the other night. Remembered to grab all the guitars and mandolins. The amp sat overnight in sub freezing temps. I didn't think twice about firing it up as soon as I brought it in. Worked flawlessly as usual, and that is of course a tube amp. Solid state amps are pretty tough to kill, even if you try. I think you should be fine Ed, rock on out!

Sean

[dcoventry]

Condensation on electrical connections would be my only worry.

Sure, let it come to temp and humidity, shouldn't take long.

[darrylicshon]

Always let the amp warm up before turning on. If like you said it has been really cold for the past few days

[Barry Wilson]

I never warm my car before turning on the stereo hehe

[Ed Goist]

Thanks for the replies.
For anyone who is interested, I allowed the box to acclimate for 4.5 hours before opening it just to be safe. (If felt cool, but not cold to the touch when I opened it). The amp was wonderfully packaged, and appears to be working well.
It is a very nice amp. During a run-through last night I played a passive soundboard transducer, an under-saddle transducer, and a microphone through it. Good results all around. (NFI)

[Toni Schula]

It was certainly good to let it warm up. As dcoventry said, condensation can kill electronic devices.

[Jim]

I've had a lot of solid state amps in a cold pickup truck bed for an hour or more drive to a job ,ran it in to a bar turned it on and sound checked with no problems. Don the same with a few tube and hybrid amps as well with no problems. Never thought about the tolex and glue though. As I recall they suffered more from the pickup truck bed than from the cold.