Cooling The Coil

[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

Why the fuck cant you be serious for 5 fucking minutes. Holy shit man. STFU.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

Bazooka did this with antifreeze I think

 

[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

Bazooka did this with antifreeze I think

They used water on both subs and amps i believe. Water and electricity dont mix but air is harmless.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

distilled water is a good insulator

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

The hot air would be expelled out so if the motor isnt completely encased the the hot air most likely would just go out of the box through the ports. Im sure i dont have enough power or anything where i would notice a major gain but this seems like a very solid and defiantly logical idea.

I'm not talking about the hot air getting out of the box, I'm talking about the hot air escaping from the motor area. If you're blowing cold air on the voice coil, where is that hot air going to go?

If you're trying to keep an amp cool, you don't blow the air directly down at the heatsink, you blow it parallel with the fins so the heat could escape. Blowing air at it directly is just trapping the heat.

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

Why the fuck cant you be serious for 5 fucking minutes. Holy shit man. STFU.

I already gave you the answer you wanted: try it yourself.

 

[mossberg385t 10+ year member]

home made liquid nitrogen- put dry ice in 90%+ rubbing alcohol, filter out dry ice. this is more dangerous than liquid nitrogen however as the alcohol will stick to your skin rather than bead up

 

[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

I'm not talking about the hot air getting out of the box, I'm talking about the hot air escaping from the motor area. If you're blowing cold air on the voice coil, where is that hot air going to go?
If you're trying to keep an amp cool, you don't blow the air directly down at the heatsink, you blow it parallel with the fins so the heat could escape. Blowing air at it directly is just trapping the heat.

Not exactly, it would depend on how i set up the streams of air.

 

[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

You will notice tenths... in cold weather i hit a few tenths higher... sometimes i let my truck run with everything turned off and AC on high for 10 or so minutes and i will hit a few tenths higher... cooler coils def helps.. a fan will not help as much as AC.. so if your willing to go throught hte trouble you might gain .1 .. go through the trouble of running AC back there you could gain up to .5 .. if thats not going to make a big enough diff dont worry about it

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

You will notice tenths... in cold weather i hit a few tenths higher... sometimes i let my truck run with everything turned off and AC on high for 10 or so minutes and i will hit a few tenths higher... cooler coils def helps.. a fan will not help as much as AC.. so if your willing to go throught hte trouble you might gain .1 .. go through the trouble of running AC back there you could gain up to .5 .. if thats not going to make a big enough diff dont worry about it

Yes, a colder environment will certainly make a difference (for many different factors), but I doubt blowing air on the coil will do anything.

 

[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

Yes, a colder environment will certainly make a difference (for many different factors), but I doubt blowing air on the coil will do anything.

It will cool it. Have you not been paying attention. Cooler coil = more power handling before thermal limits and more effenciency which both could = db gains.

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

It will work. It's already been done. All that's needed is a shroud to encase the entire motor, along with an air inlet and outlet. Run hoses from those and terminate them wherever you want and put a fan on each of them, one to push air and one to pull it. Eureka! A constantly moving supply of fresh air.

 

[350regal 10+ year member]

im pretty sure that the air being pushed by the fan would have less pressure than what your sub could produce so it really wouldnt do much, it might actually hurt more than help.

edit: what cianzo said would work but i dont think just putting a fan in the box would do much.

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

It will cool it. Have you not been paying attention. Cooler coil = more power handling before thermal limits and more effenciency which both could = db gains.

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[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

im pretty sure that the air being pushed by the fan would have less pressure than what your sub could produce so it really wouldnt do much, it might actually hurt more than help.

If it hurt people wouldnt do it.. i have seen it done but mostly by hardcores...