Post your audio system! - Page 9

Alkatraz · 01-30-2008, 06:28 PM

mine overheats on real hot days and it is on the back of the seat

kevxr2002 · 01-30-2008, 08:16 PM

sometimes it doesnt matter what type of enclosure u have. Alot of times even if its out in the open they just get too hot on hot days.

ND4SPD · 01-30-2008, 09:17 PM

I never had a problem with mine in the 2 or 3 years I had it...

(pics in post #2 if they still load... server is fussy sometimes)

iceberg65 · 01-30-2008, 09:20 PM

my x400.1 hardly even gets warm when im running at 4 ohms:D

cougirllp · 01-31-2008, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by kevxr2002

sometimes it doesnt matter what type of enclosure u have. Alot of times even if its out in the open they just get too hot on hot days.

After just an hour? I'm not just saying when it's 90 degrees..it can be 70 and still overheat.

LostRacer · 01-31-2008, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by cougirllp

After just an hour? I'm not just saying when it's 90 degrees..it can be 70 and still overheat.

Turn your music down you crazy kid

wanderingmind · 01-31-2008, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by cougirllp

After just an hour? I'm not just saying when it's 90 degrees..it can be 70 and still overheat.

If your amps are getting absolutely no airflow, which I assume they aren't being enclosed under plexi-glass, an hour seems reasonable. The thing that is worrisome is that if you keep overheating the amps, they WILL fail at some point. It'd be best to improve airflow sooner than later.

cougirllp · 01-31-2008, 04:02 PM

If I'm on a trip that's longer than an hour, I will turn them off before I even leave.

And that's right, no air flow at all. I have this plexiglass that has holes in it, but I don't think that would look right.

wanderingmind · 01-31-2008, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by cougirllp

If I'm on a trip that's longer than an hour, I will turn them off before I even leave.

And that's right, no air flow at all. I have this plexiglass that has holes in it, but I don't think that would look right.

I was originally going to suggest drilling holes, but I don't think it would look right so I didn't suggest it. You know what would look bada$$ and could solve the problem is to make a design and cut it out with a jigsaw, maybe the cougar head or the Mercury emblem. That way you could at least get air in there

EternalOne · 01-31-2008, 05:49 PM

Buy some slimline directional airflow fans. Computer fans won't move enough air to cool the amps properly. You need to move a flat line of air across the entire heatsink of the amp for any cooling to be effective. Most likely the amp is not overheating, it's going into protection mode and shutting itself down before it does overheat. If it overheated multiple times, you wouldn't have amps left.

My amps all run SUPER hot -- like if you touch them they WILL brand the Orion logo on you. Of course I'm running 2400 watts out of each of them at 1ohm. =)

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