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http://s304.photobucket.com/user/aew93/media/FullSizeRender%202_zpschbpuflp.jpg.html http://s304.photobucket.com/user/aew93/media/IMG_2509_zps8ipmu1o6.jpg.html http://s304.photobucket.com/user/aew93/media/IMG_2510_zpsvjkpikxh.jpg.html http://s304.photobucket.com/user/aew93/media/IMG_2512_zpscye4jral.jpg.html After watching the father son video I decided that's perfect for my application and went to work. I think it turned out ok for my first attempt lol. Amps are Fosgate p1000x5 running 1 p3 12 at 1 ohm and a p1000x2 p3 12 at 2ohm's each.
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Cool. Not sure why you wouldn't just want the fans running all the time though. If the fans are loud enough to bother you.... then I wouldn't want them period. lol

. Some times no need for them to run 24/7 even if not loud enough to to hear why have them running if no need to. Mine I can't hear by I only turn them on when need be.
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Cool. Not sure why you wouldn't just want the fans running all the time though. If the fans are loud enough to bother you.... then I wouldn't want them period. lol

i never want my fans turning on unless they need to be on. I don't understand why anyone WOULD want them running when they aren't even warm or hot.


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Cool. Not sure why you wouldn't just want the fans running all the time though. If the fans are loud enough to bother you.... then I wouldn't want them period. lol

i never want my fans turning on unless they need to be on. I don't understand why anyone WOULD want them running when they aren't even warm or hot.

This isn't the 1940s. No modern piece of electronics "needs to warm up" before it performs well. The cooler, the better. And if the fans run all the time, they're exchanging more heat, keeping the amplifiers cooler for a longer period of time. If your fans kick on at 40C and it normally takes the amps 15 minutes to reach that temp before cooling down, leaving the fans on all the time should mean the amps will never even reach 40C (else your fan setup wouldn't work to begin with).

Folks with liquid cooled computer processors (or amplifier for that matter) don't HAVE to run their rig full blown every time they turn it on so the CPU will reach a "normal" temp. Wouldn't want to over cool something....

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I posted this as a "Thanks for the inspiration Steve" kinda thing fellas. Compliment if you will coming from a guy who's getting back into the game a bit:) There's a lot more to this build and it has taken me a long time to get it done. My local shop, when I told him what I was planning, said today's consumer's don't go to this extent anymore. Not as common as it used to be. He said 99% of my business is upgrade factory stuff direct replacement, we haven't messed with 1/0 wire or anything to this extent in 5 years or more! I was looking at him installing my mechman for me because of a back injury however after speaking to him I waited and did it myself. I'm glad I did, it was a pain in the ass lol! My system was installed by me and there's a lot of pride in that as most of you know!!!

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Cool. Not sure why you wouldn't just want the fans running all the time though. If the fans are loud enough to bother you.... then I wouldn't want them period. lol

i never want my fans turning on unless they need to be on. I don't understand why anyone WOULD want them running when they aren't even warm or hot.

Care to give us an understanding WHY? His particular amp have an operating temperature range?

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