Help wiring some kind of amp cooling

[zorphon 10+ year member]

I was thinking of using computer fans, but I have no idea how I would mount it on my amp and I have no idea how wiring works for something like a fan. I'm not the best with electrical so as detailed as possible on how to easily and cheaply install computer fans for cooling an amp would be awesome.

I have a couple computer fans so I can install either one intake/one exhaust or just one intake which would probably cool it fine. I just want an easy to way to get these fans powered, and instructions on how to do so.

Thanks in advance guys.

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[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

don't use the fans as intake, use them as exhaust with an open end air draw. no matter how much air you put over the amp doesn't matter if you can't get the hot air out. easiest way to describe it is to make an enclosure for your amp with one end open and the other end to pull air away from amp. use a relay to wire it up to either a switch so you can control the fan or just an ignition switched accessory.

 

[zorphon 10+ year member]

don't use the fans as intake, use them as exhaust with an open end air draw. no matter how much air you put over the amp doesn't matter if you can't get the hot air out. easiest way to describe it is to make an enclosure for your amp with one end open and the other end to pull air away from amp. use a relay to wire it up to either a switch so you can control the fan or just an ignition switched accessory.

Would that be the easiest way to cool an amp? Or is there an easier way?

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

Would that be the easiest way to cool an amp? Or is there an easier way?

that's as easy as it gets.

 

[zorphon 10+ year member]

that's as easy as it gets.

The problem is there isn't enough clearance to build any kind of 'enclosure' for my amp. I'm assuming the guy meant to have a hole in one side where air comes in and a hole in the other where the fan will be blowing air out. But I just can't figure out a way to do anything like that in the space I have.

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

The problem is there isn't enough clearance to build any kind of 'enclosure' for my amp. I'm assuming the guy meant to have a hole in one side where air comes in and a hole in the other where the fan will be blowing air out. But I just can't figure out a way to do anything like that in the space I have.

pics of your situation /or location

 

[zorphon 10+ year member]

pics of your situation /or location

Will put those up tomorrow. I just ran to the gas station which is about a 5 min drive and it wasn't even cranked and my amp was already too hot to touch for more than a second or two.