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Amp on 110º angle = fail?
Currently my amp is screwed on the back of my fold down back seat in my
99 saturn sc2. It is on a 110=BA angle or so. It would work 50% of the time only lasting for 2-5 minutes. So I drove a little bit without the hatch up, and it hasn't gone out for almost 2 days. Is it safe to say the amp cannot be held up sideways and has to be mounted flat on the ground? Maybe it stopped the fan from spinning. Any ideas? |
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Amps can be mounted at any angle. It must be another problem.
Tony -- 2001 Nissan Maxima SE Anniversary Edition Eclipse CD8454 Head Unit, Phoenix Gold ZX475ti, ZX450 and ZX500 Amplifiers, Phoenix Gold EQ-232 30-Band EQ, Dynaudio System 360 Tri-Amped In Front and Focal 130HCs For Rear Fill, 2 Soundstream EXACT10s In Aperiodic Enclosure 2001 Chevy S10 ZR2 Pioneer DEH-P9600MP (Just gettin' started) "Mike" wrote in message oups.com... Currently my amp is screwed on the back of my fold down back seat in my 99 saturn sc2. It is on a 110º angle or so. It would work 50% of the time only lasting for 2-5 minutes. So I drove a little bit without the hatch up, and it hasn't gone out for almost 2 days. Is it safe to say the amp cannot be held up sideways and has to be mounted flat on the ground? Maybe it stopped the fan from spinning. Any ideas? |
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my amps are mounted upside down. If I wer to take a gues, something is
loose inside your amp. It COULD (in theory) be a heat problem, but I'd think that was pretty weird. At 110 degrees, the amp is actually slightly past vertical so I could see a problem with heat transfer is your amp is fan cooled and does not have external heat sinks. My amps are a mix of 3 OLD school PPIs and 3 brand-spankin'-new Lanzar vibes. All of them ride completely upside down in a custom amp rack that contains several fans to keep the air moving. "Mike" wrote in message oups.com... Currently my amp is screwed on the back of my fold down back seat in my 99 saturn sc2. It is on a 110º angle or so. It would work 50% of the time only lasting for 2-5 minutes. So I drove a little bit without the hatch up, and it hasn't gone out for almost 2 days. Is it safe to say the amp cannot be held up sideways and has to be mounted flat on the ground? Maybe it stopped the fan from spinning. Any ideas? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.852 / Virus Database: 580 - Release Date: 2/1/2005 |
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Some amplifiers are designed such that heat is more efficiently transferred
to the air at one orientation than at another, based on the positioning of the heatsinks, etc. A couple years ago, someone in here disagreed that there was any effect, so I tied a thermistor to one of the heat sinks in an MTX amp I had laying around, and I went for a drive with the volume at full tilt. In one instance, I had the amp right side up, and in the other it was upside down, if I recall. There turned out to be a slight temperature difference. The other guy (with whom I had the disagreement) tried something similar and didn't measure any difference. Take it for what it's worth. Regardless, I sincerely doubt that the orientation would, in and of itself, be shutting your amp off. There's probably something else going on, like a loose connection. Also, is there more airflow with the seat folded down? You know, windows open, that sort of thing? It's winter, so I would imagine it would be colder in the trunk than in the cabin of the car, but you never know... "Mike" wrote in message oups.com... Currently my amp is screwed on the back of my fold down back seat in my 99 saturn sc2. It is on a 110º angle or so. It would work 50% of the time only lasting for 2-5 minutes. So I drove a little bit without the hatch up, and it hasn't gone out for almost 2 days. Is it safe to say the amp cannot be held up sideways and has to be mounted flat on the ground? Maybe it stopped the fan from spinning. Any ideas? |
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Maybe a ground issue? I've seen alot of times installers use an inadequate
ground but the amp still work sometimes because it can get a semi-ground from the metal that it was screwed in on the back of the seat. "Mike" wrote in message oups.com... Currently my amp is screwed on the back of my fold down back seat in my 99 saturn sc2. It is on a 110º angle or so. It would work 50% of the time only lasting for 2-5 minutes. So I drove a little bit without the hatch up, and it hasn't gone out for almost 2 days. Is it safe to say the amp cannot be held up sideways and has to be mounted flat on the ground? Maybe it stopped the fan from spinning. Any ideas? |
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