heat absorbent material for amp

[Beatin' 10+ year member]

what's a good material to wrap the amp around to aid in drawing away heat?

These summer days, the trunk gets hot and the amp is scorching before it's even played. I feel like the amp is going to fail faster with it already hot like that.

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[bhsdriller 10+ year member]

I wouldn't wrap anything around it

let the heat sink do it's job....as long as it's not going into a thermal protect, it's fine

maybe space the amp up off whatever it's mounted on to get some air under it

 

[2Dcore 10+ year member]

Or if possible add a fan to blow over it.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

you would add the heat blocking/absorbing material to the underside of the trunk lid, not the amp. If that's not enough then get a cage/squirrel fan.

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

use a wet towel

 

[Huge2na]

Or go liquid cooling

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[Beatin' 10+ year member]

use a wet towel

that's not a bad idea. Put a small wet towel in a vacuum seal able bag and put it in the amp rack pressed against the amp.

you would add the heat blocking/absorbing material to the underside of the trunk lid

I like this idea better.

edit: sounds good but the typical materials found won't stop convection.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

that's not a bad idea. Put a small wet towel in a vacuum seal able bag and put it in the amp rack pressed against the amp.


I like this idea better.

edit: sounds good but the typical materials found won't stop convection.

worked fine on the car I did it in. Amp would thermal protect on hot days, did material and cage fan and problem solved...