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GHETTO solution to a heat problem.....
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<blockquote data-quote="BassAddictJ" data-source="post: 864283" data-attributes="member: 560415"><p>OK here's the problem:</p><p></p><p>-1 ohm amp that produces heat not being abused too bad but it gets bad after 30 min of playing due to.......</p><p></p><p>-there's like 5 inches of space between the amp and the dynomat and aluminum of the car so there's very little air for the amp to breath.</p><p></p><p>-car is black so it absorbed heat like crazy</p><p></p><p>-I live in Florida and it's the summer, hot as BALLS!!!!!</p><p></p><p>- 2 layers of sound deadening that insolates so well heat barely escapes the trunk....</p><p></p><p>- the orion 1200d is mostly flat and isnt designed to dissappaite heat as well as other amps (like my favorite fin crazy memphis's)</p><p></p><p>some hot day the amp is hot before i even start my car...</p><p></p><p>SOLUTION: //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</p><p></p><p>i had an extra 10 pentium 2 heatsink/fans laying around from another project i never finished so i decided to put them to good use....</p><p></p><p>lined the top of the orion 1200d with 6 heatsink/fans, wired all thier power up to a relay for power. The fans and the remote on/off for the sub amp is controled by a switch up front which signal comes from the remote on/off signal from the HU (so i can leave the switch "on" and the amp will stay off with the car off).</p><p></p><p>i wanted to use a water soluable glue to secure the fans but the vibrations shake it off, so i rubber banded the hell out of it and now this is what i've got.....</p><p></p><p>NOTE: the heat sinks tend to cut the rubber bands so i couldnt stretch them out too far, so i just used many many more...........</p><p></p><p><a href="http://img49.echo.cx/img49/4500/p10109912nh.jpg" target="_blank">http://img49.echo.cx/img49/4500/p10109912nh.jpg</a></p><p></p><p>yikes...........it looks soooo ghetto but it does a GREAT job.........</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BassAddictJ, post: 864283, member: 560415"] OK here's the problem: -1 ohm amp that produces heat not being abused too bad but it gets bad after 30 min of playing due to....... -there's like 5 inches of space between the amp and the dynomat and aluminum of the car so there's very little air for the amp to breath. -car is black so it absorbed heat like crazy -I live in Florida and it's the summer, hot as BALLS!!!!! - 2 layers of sound deadening that insolates so well heat barely escapes the trunk.... - the orion 1200d is mostly flat and isnt designed to dissappaite heat as well as other amps (like my favorite fin crazy memphis's) some hot day the amp is hot before i even start my car... SOLUTION: [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] i had an extra 10 pentium 2 heatsink/fans laying around from another project i never finished so i decided to put them to good use.... lined the top of the orion 1200d with 6 heatsink/fans, wired all thier power up to a relay for power. The fans and the remote on/off for the sub amp is controled by a switch up front which signal comes from the remote on/off signal from the HU (so i can leave the switch "on" and the amp will stay off with the car off). i wanted to use a water soluable glue to secure the fans but the vibrations shake it off, so i rubber banded the hell out of it and now this is what i've got..... NOTE: the heat sinks tend to cut the rubber bands so i couldnt stretch them out too far, so i just used many many more........... [URL="http://img49.echo.cx/img49/4500/p10109912nh.jpg"]http://img49.echo.cx/img49/4500/p10109912nh.jpg[/URL] yikes...........it looks soooo ghetto but it does a GREAT job......... [/QUOTE]
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