sooooo, I have a Presonus Digimax LT 8 ch preamp for some extra inputs and converters that is plugged into my 003. I bought it on Ebay from the US, and am running it on a stepdown transformer. (240V here downunder). Question is, why does the damn thing get so hot? the faceplate is REALLY hot to touch after about a half hour. I know its not the greatest piece of equipment in the world, but it works perfectly well for me. Any Ideas? or is this normal?
p.s. it always performs flawlessly otherwise..........

Are you able to measure what you are actually getting out of your step-down transformer?

I'm not sure this would heat the unit up to the point of no return, but is the Digimax located in a rack space above a power amp? Other than that, I agree you should measure the output of your transformer to make sure you are not above or below operating voltage.

Ahhh, sorry guys. I should have mentioned that the unit is running off a 4 plug powerboard that has 110 volts running into it, and is also powering 3 110V DBX compressors, that are functioning well and dont get hot in the slightest bit.

The digimax is in the top of the rack, no poweramps anywhere near it.

I checked the step down, it says 110-120 v, does not mention amps, and I'm not sure how to measure the output of it without dying horribly.

hmmmmm....

Is it working correctly? Have you checked with the company to see if there are any recalls or known defects? Needless to say, that kind of heat is a bad thing, and will do damage eventually - Out of curiosity, how long is it before it starts to really heat up?

You didn't feed it after midnight, did you?

Because then it turns into a Firepod.

it gets too hot to rest the back of your hand on comfortably after about an hour of tracking. Have not turned up any recalls as such. shrug. Dontfeartheringo, what should I be feeding it? this may be the problem. a preamp is for life, not just for christmas.

Presonus is an absolute shit company. Not just because they are a bunch of whiny neo-evangelical hole touchers. No thats not why. Its because they don't believe in testing their shit. They'd rather you did the testing for them, although when you do find a problem (like overheating), they will probably not going to fix it. They will just discontinue the product when it stops selling, while in the meantime they release ten other untested Chinese crap boxes.

Can you borrow a multimeter and safely measure the output voltage of your transformer? Or ask someone else who can?