Attaching A Fan

[Primo 10+ year member]

My amp runs really really hot so I was thinking of hooking up a small fan to it since it doesn't have one. I have a fan from my old Playstation 2, would that work on it? And where do I wire it to to make it work?

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[96greencivic 10+ year member]

Is that your truck?

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

why do you want to use the ps2 fan? why not just buy a brand new $5 computer fan?

 

[phrozen5100 10+ year member]

Unless your amp is overheating I wouldn't worry about it - amps get really hot quite often. If it does overheat I'd check to make sure you're running it at a safe impedence with proper heatsink ventilation and with proper settings. If that fails you can run that fan parallel to your heatsink and wire it up to a relay.

 

[Primo 10+ year member]

no, i wish that was my truck. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsupwink.gif.129404938effda6ad9cca39e7f4b58a3.gif

i thought i would just use the ps2 fan because my ps2 dont work anymore.

the amp has never gone into protection mode yet, so i guess it isn't hurting it. i just cant leave my finger on it for more than 2 seconds sometimes because it's so hot. just got a little worried.

 

[phrozen5100 10+ year member]

no, i wish that was my truck. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsupwink.gif.129404938effda6ad9cca39e7f4b58a3.gif
i thought i would just use the ps2 fan because my ps2 dont work anymore.

the amp has never gone into protection mode yet, so i guess it isn't hurting it. i just cant leave my finger on it for more than 2 seconds sometimes because it's so hot. just got a little worried.

Haha, 2 seconds? That just sounds a little warm! I've gotten a couple burns from two different amps(stupid friends bridging cheap amps at 2 ohms...). Just don't touch it and you'll be ok.