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<blockquote data-quote="AlterEgo99" data-source="post: 5941646" data-attributes="member: 610253">OK, here&#039;s a &quot;which came first, the chicken or the egg question&quot;...I installed a 3&quot; super quiet 12 VDC cooling fan in the lid of my center console.&nbsp; It&#039;s nice and hidden and blended into the interior quite well.&nbsp; There are 2 Alpine PDX amps in the console, 1 is an Alpine PDX 1.600 and the other is an Alpine PDX 4.100.&nbsp; They are stacked.There are three one inch holes inside the &quot;box&quot; (console) so that I could get the power wires and speaker wires to the amps.&nbsp; So, these holes are also adding some ventilation.&nbsp; Even though these two amps are Class D, they can get a bit warm inside that console with the top cover shut, which is the reason I installed the fan.&nbsp; Now, the big question...Should the fan be blowing OUT to remove heat as it is generated from the amps OR should it blow IN so that cooler air from outside the console is blowing over the amps/heat sinks.What say y&#039;all????Let the battle begin!&nbsp; //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AlterEgo99, post: 5941646, member: 610253"] OK, here's a "which came first, the chicken or the egg question"... I installed a 3" super quiet 12 VDC cooling fan in the lid of my center console. It's nice and hidden and blended into the interior quite well. There are 2 Alpine PDX amps in the console, 1 is an Alpine PDX 1.600 and the other is an Alpine PDX 4.100. They are stacked. There are three one inch holes inside the "box" (console) so that I could get the power wires and speaker wires to the amps. So, these holes are also adding some ventilation. Even though these two amps are Class D, they can get a bit warm inside that console with the top cover shut, which is the reason I installed the fan. Now, the big question... Should the fan be blowing OUT to remove heat as it is generated from the amps OR should it blow IN so that cooler air from outside the console is blowing over the amps/heat sinks. What say y'all???? Let the battle begin! [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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