I was wonder if anyone has put a fosgate 800.2 under the front passenger seat? I was thinking of doing this and then one 12" boston pro in a fiberglass box. This is for a 2002 Max SE with power seats.

 

fosgates are known to run pretty hot.. in the summer it could get TOO hot under the seat since there is so little air circulation

why dont you just run power wire to the trunk and put everything back there?

 

I'm trying to keep as much room as possible in the trunk. This is why I'm doing a fiberglass box. Can you suggest somewhere that I can mount the amp that is out of the way?

 

Do the 2002 Maximas have Air Vents under the seats?

 

Yea my 800.2 gets pretty hot in the trunk. It never shuts down but it does get pretty damn hot, I bet it would mess up if it was cramped under a hot seat, possibly go into protection after a lot of use. In the manual it suggests mounting it standing up (like on the side of a box). I want to get a better vertical mounting spot soon because I don't like how it gets hot.

PJ

 

i'm not very familiar installing audio stuff in a maxima cuz i dont have one yet.. ive only installed stuff in my integra.

in general though, most good car installs have the amp in the trunk.. on my integra i just mounted the amp on the back of the rear seats since it's a hatch and the seats come down..

if you REALLY needed to you could put the amp under the seat, although i would highly suggest having 2 fans for cooling.. one for intake, one for exhaust.

good luck

 

RF amps do get very hot, and the 800.2 is no exception. I haven't really heard of one shutting down or melting or anything though...

 

ooooooooooooh what year 800?..i had the 800a4..and 800a2 not the new sytle..but the older trapezoid shaped ones. They Get HOT....i ran my 800a2 at 2 ohms each channel..bascially its maximum..Drove two HX2 DVC subs back home from LA..took about 5 hours...pouding all the way..yes it gets SUPER hot..but dosent shut off..it gets hot enough that you dont wanna touch it for more than a sec. Good old rockford...thats OLD rockford..unfortuanetly i havent had much luck with the newer prodcuts..they cut too many corners =(

 

the 800 is too big for under the seat...unless u don't use the two side covers...i use to have it under there no prob...my 95 has a vent under the seat...when i drive air **** in..when i have a/c on cold air blows...wat better way of cooling an amp...and yes it does get hot...

 

i have a fosgate 1100a2 in my trunk pushing 2 12's. aside from the amp always running hot, on summer days it will even kick into thermal, and thats not even after running it that long. i stongly recommend not putting it under your seat.

 

are you running the 1100a2 at 2ohms? if so that is why.

the only time my RF went into thermal (this is one of the old model blade style) was when i was running it at a 2ohm mono load.. and even then, like you said it only did that on really hot days..

when running it at 4ohm mono it was rock solid even on the hottest days

 

I still think as long as you have vents under the seats it would be cooler there then in the trunk (of course if you have the heat on in the winter that is another story)

 

to be honest im not sure.. it was just re-installed when i got my new system and im not sure how its ran. i may try to put a fan on it first. it ****es me the **** off that i have a $5000 stereo and an amp that shuts off.

 

I tried running my 700S (RF's 800.2 replacement for 2002 model year) under the passenger's seat. It kept shutting down, but I live in Florida too. So I moved it to the back of my box in the trunk, and it's easily accessible via the trunk pass-through in the back seat. Also, there's enough space there to allow the heat to spread out, causing less shutdown. My amp hasn't shutdown since I've moved it.

 

for my two cents...i had my 800.4 under my seat for 2 years...no cut off at all...i turn that shiet all the way up...maybe that explains two busted eardrums...neva cut off on me...i live in houston, tx...

 

you can always mount x2 cooling fans on it if your really worried about it over heating

Ant