Definitive: Cold weather = lower output

[microhaxo 10+ year member]

See i thought about that and actually did that, the frost still appears.

I think it has to do with humidity/SMALL traces of moisture.

When its -20 f its FREEZING, but when im parked at school all day the sun beats down on my trunk and warms it up. So we have Outside trunk = -20 and inside = 30f i think that makes a bit of condensation / moisture and then when night time comes -20 outside and its dark and no sun so -20 or colder inside. Thus Frost.

 

[TeZ 10+ year member]

I live in mn as the poster and i been beating on my subs in the cold for 3 years no problems you just got shitty gear

X2 I'm pretty tough on my stuff when its cold too, just let it warm up a little bit and let er rip!!!

 

[microhaxo 10+ year member]

You guys need to understand I dont have a HATCHBACK, when i crank the heat in my car, my trunk doesnt get ANY of that heat. I think at most when its -20 my trunk heats up 2 degrees from my cabin heat.

Not much of a difference.

And i dont have shitty gear, i have a Phoenix Gold RSDC 12" sub and a Hifonics 1606d amp.

If i had some Re's the foam surround would be TOAST from the cold.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

You guys need to understand I dont have a HATCHBACK, when i crank the heat in my car, my trunk doesnt get ANY of that heat. I think at most when its -20 my trunk heats up 2 degrees from my cabin heat.
Not much of a difference.

And i dont have shitty gear, i have a Phoenix Gold RSDC 12" sub and a Hifonics 1606d amp.

If i had some Re's the foam surround would be TOAST from the cold.

any good vids???

 

[microhaxo 10+ year member]

Not with the hifonics amp. Its been so cold up here dude, i havent listened to my sub for 3 weeks +

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

Not with the hifonics amp. Its been so cold up here dude, i havent listened to my sub for 3 weeks +

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif i am continuously curious about the rsdc and if I should upgrade to them.....but what I really want is either a 15 or 18" fi Q

 

[Bigpimpin91 10+ year member]

maybe its me but i dont believe ure amp shouldnt clip on certain days

Voltage drop could cause clipping.

Cold = More Output from alt and more Voltage to amp, albeit for only a short time.

Try listening to a power hungry amp with only one extra battery-car off-and see how quickly it starts to clip.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

Voltage drop could cause clipping.Cold = More Output from alt and more Voltage to amp, albeit for only a short time.

Try listening to a power hungry amp with only one extra battery-car off-and see how quickly it starts to clip.

for this discussion,

:FYI:BATTERIES DON'T DO WELL IN THE COLD:FYI:

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

my batt was 15.2 volts at idle this morning!!!!!!

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

my batt was 15.2 volts at idle this morning!!!!!!

NO....your alt was putting out 15.2 to compensate for your battery being cold

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

NO....your alt was putting out 15.2 to compensate for your battery being cold

ok well either way my volt meter was reading 15.2 lol

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

ok well either way my volt meter was reading 15.2 lol

yep....just shows the effects of cold battery on the charging system.

just out of curiosity, where is your signal line for the meter connected to the charging system?

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

i have it at the amp in the trunk.

 

[brynm 10+ year member]

I can`t believe this thread made it to over 100 posts!!!!!!!

Also to those people mentioning that it was so many degrees with the windchill, do you normally have a significant wind blowing through your trunk? Windchill will make things cool off faster but it will not make your equipment colder than the ambient air temperature.

 

[its_bacon12 10+ year member]

Zaph did a study on this and his results were very conclusive and consistent to the OP's.
http://zaphaudio.com/temp.html

For anyone who didn't care to look back a few pages and still believes cold does not effect LFE.