Amp fans

[jharijan 10+ year member]

I have no experience with fans and amps...what kind of fan would be good for this amp? http://www.mtx.com/caraudio/products/amplifiers/xthunder600XD.cfm

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[wren57 10+ year member]

Funny you should post this. Just today I went to Radio Shack and picked one of these up:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102824

Wired the power to the amp's remote on and the ground to the amp's ground. Works like a charm. Doesn't push much air but I put it blowing over the heat fins of my JL amps so it does the trick.

 

[jharijan 10+ year member]

how did you mount it to your amp, got any pictures of it the setup?

 

[7ender 10+ year member]

You shouldn't wire to the remote on...too much load. Use a relay.

 

[wren57 10+ year member]

The fan barely draws any current. It works fine as it is and I don't see any reason to not run it as is.

Here is my setup. Today I changed out the a1400 amp (on the left) for a JL 500/1 and put in the fan.

The amps are "floating" around 2" off the floor, and the fan is floating about 1/2" off the floor blowing upward across the fins. I'm probably going to add a second fan so I have air blowing across all the fins. I also need to put a port for cabin air exchange.