mb quart discus do close to rated?

[bustaplz 10+ year member]

My DSC480 fried this weekend.

 

[Xprime4 10+ year member]

My DSC480 fried this weekend.

why? low voltage?

 

[bustaplz 10+ year member]

lol, I doubt it. I've never seen my voltage drop below 13.8. From what I can tell, it overheated AGAIN and this time finally killed itself.

 

[Xprime4 10+ year member]

that was too good to be true. The quality must just no be there and probably overrated, like crunch line

The same thing happen to me with a crunch pzi175. The signal was dirty and one day it just stop working for no reason

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

lol, I doubt it. I've never seen my voltage drop below 13.8. From what I can tell, it overheated AGAIN and this time finally killed itself.

The question is, why was it overheating?

 

[Xprime4 10+ year member]

The question is, why was it overheating?

hot Texas day i guess //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

anyone else experiment those amps? guts pics?

 

[lantz 10+ year member]

i know maxxsonics owns MB Quart now but is everything still german made...or is that a very stupid question?...LOL!

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

i know maxxsonics owns MB Quart now but is everything still german made...or is that a very stupid question?...LOL!

I don't think anything of theirs is German made anymore, except maybe their high end component sets.

 

[bustaplz 10+ year member]

The question is, why was it overheating?

Well the only decent spot to mount amps in a Wrangler is under the rear seat. I made some risers for the seat to make sure I had clearance over the amp but that amp just seems to run way too hot. My Hifonics sits right next to it and never has any issues.

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

did you buy it from an authorized dealer and have a receipt? if you did and its under warranty call em up they will take care of it.

I have never had 1 overheat even on a 80+ day, but under the seat of a wrangler is a terrible spot, lots of heat there from exhaust and whatnot, and no air flow. I found that under a seat, that if you mount the amp on a 1/4 inch mdf riser just at the edges of the amp, it will eliminate most heat issues.

 

[bustaplz 10+ year member]

did you buy it from an authorized dealer and have a receipt? if you did and its under warranty call em up they will take care of it.I have never had 1 overheat even on a 80+ day, but under the seat of a wrangler is a terrible spot, lots of heat there from exhaust and whatnot, and no air flow. I found that under a seat, that if you mount the amp on a 1/4 inch mdf riser just at the edges of the amp, it will eliminate most heat issues.

I bought it from Woofersetc, Maxsonnics says they won't do anything. I'll probably try to send it to Woofers and get a different amp. I considered putting MDF under the amp, but I would just end up pushing the top of the amp into the under side of the seat.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

I found that under a seat, that if you mount the amp on a 1/4 inch mdf riser just at the edges of the amp, it will eliminate most heat issues.

I've been using a strip of 3/4" MDF on the two long sides of my amps, as well as a couple of cooling fans on each one, and it seems to work well. I've never had any issues with amps going into protect before using this method, but my amps are very hot in the summer time when they're not even on, let alone playing for an extanded period of time. I guess it just makes me feel better. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[gearhound17 10+ year member]

I don't think anything of theirs is German made anymore, except maybe their high end component sets.

I am not sure even their upper end components are german made. Maybe someone else knows for sure but I believe they are made in the far east.

 

[Xprime4 10+ year member]

more comments on this amp?

 

[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

Nothing is made by mb quart in germany any more