jrath Posted August 15, 2014 Report Posted August 15, 2014 I have a DC5K. It does not contain an internal fan. To keep it cool, I was thinking of mounting the amp upside down with the guts fully exposed (bottom plate of amp removed). I have a Toyota Camry and my rear seats fold completely down. The amp would be placed on the trunk floor right behind the rear seats. There would be excellent airflow from the cab to this area with the seats down. My sub box would be in the rear of the trunk. Do you foresee any problems with this setup? I have an external fan that I could blow directly across the exposed guts if you are worried about overheating.
Krakin Posted August 15, 2014 Report Posted August 15, 2014 Damage to internal components from just whatever happens to get back there. Without the back-plate you have no protection. Also, if you aren't having any issues caused by excessive heat there shouldn't be any reason to do this. The manufacturer should have already made sure their heatsink design is adequate enough to displace the required amount of heat. Krakin's Home Dipole Project http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/186153-krakins-dipole-project-new-reciever-in-rockford-science/#entry2772370 Krakin, are you some sort of mad scientist? I would have replied earlier, but I was measuring the output of my amp with a yardstick . . . What you hear is not the air pressure variation in itself but what has drawn your attention in the two streams of superimposed air pressure variations at your eardrums An acoustic event has dimensions of Time, Tone, Loudness and Space Everyone learns to render the 3-dimensional localization of sound based on the individual shape of their ears, thus no formula can achieve a definite effect for every listener.
Guest Posted August 15, 2014 Report Posted August 15, 2014 you can make a plexi cover and cut a hole for a 120mm computer fan and hook it up to the amps power. thats what i would do.
_paralyzed_ Posted August 15, 2014 Report Posted August 15, 2014 Damage to internal components from just whatever happens to get back there. Without the back-plate you have no protection. Also, if you aren't having any issues caused by excessive heat there shouldn't be any reason to do this. The manufacturer should have already made sure their heatsink design is adequate enough to displace the required amount of heat. This. Are you having problems with heat? DC's are well made amps, if there is excess heat there is a problem. If you just want to mount it upside down that's okay.
alaskanzx5 Posted August 16, 2014 Report Posted August 16, 2014 Umm, no... Heat rises, the heat on The board comes from the individual components on it. Which are the top. So the heat will raid up into the board itself. Having it right side up allows it to cool better and the way it was designed. Along with allowing the heat sinks to do their Job as intended. t1500bdcp 2 t2d4 15" 1 t600.4 1 t400.2 1 set p1 tweets singer alt, tons of wiring, smd vm-1, 80prs, back seat delete, still in the works, aiming for a 145-147 with the ability to play 25hz up to 50hz.
mothra Posted August 16, 2014 Report Posted August 16, 2014 mount upside down with out some sort of air running over the board is going to fry your amp. you think heat is bad now wait till you mount it upside down. the heat sink is built to keep the heat flowing away from the amp, mounting upside down will cause the hot air to sit. that's like putting the radiator in the trunk of the car, it defeats the purpose. if nothing changes, nothing changes You don't know what you don't know, till you don't know
_paralyzed_ Posted August 16, 2014 Report Posted August 16, 2014 Umm, no... Heat rises, the heat on The board comes from the individual components on it. Which are the top. So the heat will raid up into the board itself. Having it right side up allows it to cool better and the way it was designed. Along with allowing the heat sinks to do their Job as intended. That was going through my head as I typed that, and just about deleted the whole comment but I left it so I can get my post count up. The higher one's post count, the higher their I.Q. I'm just curious why OP needs to "keep the amp cool"? Or if he just wants to get all up in them guts. He said it was to keep it cool...
alaskanzx5 Posted August 16, 2014 Report Posted August 16, 2014 Cooler is better for all electronics honestly. If your goal is to keep it cooler raise it about about an inch and put a 12v fan blowing on it. t1500bdcp 2 t2d4 15" 1 t600.4 1 t400.2 1 set p1 tweets singer alt, tons of wiring, smd vm-1, 80prs, back seat delete, still in the works, aiming for a 145-147 with the ability to play 25hz up to 50hz.
_paralyzed_ Posted August 16, 2014 Report Posted August 16, 2014 Oh, for sure, heat kills electronics. I meant he shouldn't have heating problems with a quality amp like a DC.
Aj11 Posted August 16, 2014 Report Posted August 16, 2014 he just wants to see the guts! i mean Can you blame him? it took me forever to find away to safely show off all 3 of my amp guts. now i Just need to make the amp rack! but as said don't mount upside down. just asking for trouble.. and no back plate... yikes! jvc deck stinger 1800 front hc 2000 kinetic rear 2 runs of 1/0g big 3/4 ct 60.4 2 ct 1400.1 ct EXO 15 d1 lots of deadner type r comps front stage 6 kicker tweets rear stage lots of great stuff coming soon ho alt more bats ct comps for front stage more deadner sweet amp rack lots of L.E.D lights new deck (thinking 80 prs, or flip out)
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