i will soon be frying egg on my amp if i dont find something to keep it cooll....i have audiobahn a8002t it gets hott reall hot... i already have a fan blowing into the intake it still gets hot... is there some kind of material or fabric that absorbs heat and releases it... or something that will keep my amp cool any suggestions... thanks.
Be the first to install a fridge into your ride or load your trunk up with dry ice (get gloves), hehe. Actually, this thread got me thinking - do you think it possible to watercool an amplifier much like you would watercool a computer video card and/or proccessor? I am fairly sure an ampifier produces much more heat but watercooling as an auxillary method - that definitely would be something to see.
^ wow now thats an idea, or you could do what ppl do with slot cars, and stick tin foil in the freezer, then lay it on the amp to cool it off, of course this idea would only work for a few minutes, but its an idea.
make sure ur gain isnt too high either. has it ever shut down??? because if it even gets close to as hott as ur describing, it should have shut down by now
Actually, this thread got me thinking - do you think it possible to watercool an amplifier much like you would watercool a computer video card and/or proccessor? I am fairly sure an ampifier produces much more heat but watercooling as an auxillary method - that definitely would be something to see.
Yep, the PPI Art series have a cooling kit you can purchase still from Robot Underground. I don't know exactly how they fit into the amps, but all you need to purchase is the tubing and fitings and a DC bilge pump from Walmart.
It would be great if they started making liquid cooling stock equipment with amps, and not something to purchase seperately, as well as just seeing liquid cooling in general
invent it jexx. you will make billions. like anti-freeze in cars make some stuff u pour into amps, that keep em' cool. excpet anit-freeze isnt so u car stays cool, but somethin like that
cool jexx, I didn't know that about the PPI Art series - is it just limited to PPI amps? I am with you, liquid cooling would be a really great thing to start seeing being implemented in stock equipment.
trust me its wired at 4 ohms.... even if the gain is set low it still gets very hott... and it will shut down about 30 mins of continus playing in 80 degree+ weather.... in the winter i shuldnt have a problem. without the fan blowing itno the itnake i probably wuldnt last 15 mins....
acctually you might beable to drop your amp in Vegitable oil to cool it.... people do it to their computers.... dont know how efficient it would be you might be abe to make fries and chicken for lunch from it though..... but aparently the il dosent conduct electricity like water does nor does it corrode like water does either....
I've only seen it in PPI Art amps, there might be some other manufacturers that tried it out, though. And I also bet you could mod the Art fittings to be used on any amplifier, it's just they're expensive: $5 per fitting $10 per pack of tubing 3MAN manifolds are $8 5MAN manifolds are $15 return tubing is $30 each
My A8000T overheats on days where the temp. is over 90 degrees. But it's usually after driving around for an hour straight playing at RMS levels lol. My A6004T never has overheated, however.
In reference to the original post, I was reading that when an amplifier exceeds 600watts RMS output power, it is best to run an additional ground wire directly to the negative battery terminal to prevent overheating and/or engine noise (no idea if anyone here does that or if I've been oblivous this whole time lol). If I get the time, I might just try it out and see if it affects my amp at all...anyone else tried running their ground wire to the negative terminal and chassis ground at the same time? I'm going into a higher powered system so it's relatively new to me.
I don't remember what magazine it was, but I saw a system that was liquid cooled. This was back in the mid '90's, but the amp and the subs had antifreeze going through them. If Glasswolf was still around, he'd know what I was talking about.
