Amps Under Back Seat?????

[Geminidj2000 10+ year member]

My car hasa back seat that i can take all the way off easy.........I was thinking if i should put my amps under the back seat instead of in the trunkth bottom of the seat is bettel so it wouldnt be hard to find a ground point i could put them in a plexi glass contained with fans on the bottom....what do u guys think?

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[Geminidj2000 10+ year member]

at first i was thinking that too but if i put it in a plexiglass contained in the trunk then it would be just *** hot plsue its clod in colorado so i might even be better

 

[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

What amp and what ohm load will you be sending it?

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

If you find it becomes hot fairly quickly, a cooling fan setup(push/pull) would work perfectly.

- Steve

 

[Geminidj2000 10+ year member]

im gonna be running a hi fonics hercules amp at 1 ohm.... and probly a 4 vchannel hifonics amp.............o yea can sombody tell me how much current this will take its around 1900 watts total

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by Geminidj2000 im gonna be running a hi fonics hercules amp at 1 ohm.... and probly a 4 vchannel hifonics amp.............o yea can sombody tell me how much current this will take its around 1900 watts total

I = V/R =14.4/1900 = 0.0075A That cant be right....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

- Steve

 

[Geminidj2000 10+ year member]

I preaty much got my whole set up now......on the way ups is gonna be at my house everyday next week i gotta get your friends money order today....but yeh i got the 150amp alternator.......its preaty much close enoughi guess ill get a cap if it gets bad (some cap out thier has to work........)

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Sounds good to me - that alt should be sufficient.

- Steve