I'm thinking of mounting a fan on my amp, its getting quite hot now that its getting warmer out and i dont wanna see how hot it gets in the summer. Anyone have any flan ideas and how to mount. I'm running a Memphis 500D amp and it is mounted on the back of the seats in the trunk.

 

Well, I would suggest two different ideas...

(1) Raise the smp off of the rear of the seat by using a longer mounting screw and some nuts underneath...this will allow cooler air to pass under the amp

(2) Purchase a computer fan or two and run them under the amp so it can better carry the heat away from the surface of the amp.

Lemme know how you make out!!!

 

Here u go...this should help and work better than a computer fan and it will look a lot better installed too....

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Yeah but how mych niose do they make. I just bought 2 computer case fans with blue LEDs that I ahve installed in my computer case and they are pretty much silent.

 

computer fans eh...one question, how do you hook them up, do u run a line to the battery or something, whats the easiest way to hook them up?

 

I was having the same issue with one of my amps. Below are two pics. I cut the end off the fitting for the computer fan and ran the black to the ground and the power lead to the remote turn-on for the amp. That way it turns on & off with the amp. It's probably not the best way to cure the problem, but my amp hasn't cut off since ( over a year now ).

These pics were taken while I was testing everything. Wires are hidden now.

 

You can hook them up to any 12v power. I would reccomend wiring them to a switch just so they aren't on all the time, unless that's what you want. If you run them directly to the battery, they will stay on all the time unless you switch them off. Usually not a good idea. SEmy2K2go has a good idea but see if you can wire it to something that only comes on when the car is on. (cig lighter, amp remote turn on etc...) just my .02 though.

 

hey SE, what did u wire your fan power to?

 

If you have a solid 12 volts at the REM, you can wire it to a relay that will turn off and on with the amps only. To protect your hu, use a 1 amp inline on the remote wire. On the relay use a diode across terminal 85 to 86, when the coil collapses it can spike back to the hu. for the fans a 7.5 amp fuse should do it for 16 awg wire.

 

 

thanks guys, when i decided to acutally do this in the very near future, ill let ya know how it turns out

 

i've been having this problem and i just bought my fan of ebay for $5! i'm gonna set it up exactly how SEmy2K2go has it done