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- Mar 28, 2003
I've been doing some reading on forums and reviews and apparently people have had problems with certain channels going out on this set of speakers within a year or so. I personally believe this could be because of the AMP heating up. This 500WATT (1000WATT peek) amplifier that is mounted to the rear of the woofer enclosure makes it's little mosfet heatsinks HOT after 4 or 5 hours of use, even at non-blaring volumes; at least, mine does.
So I my solution was to cool them somehow, involving fans. I had put my bedroom box fan to the side of the sub at low speed and the sinks cooled off VERY quickly, with very little air being pushed over them. So here is what I came up with (I appologize for the horrible image quality):
The fan bracket is just a half inch wide strip of sheet metal I had lying around, and it's just as long as the sub is wide. Then I wripped this in electrical tape since the sheet metal shears arn't the nicest when it comes to clean edges, and the edge would slice you open like a fish. I don't remember the models of the fans, but one is a Nidec from an old PSU, and the other is what came with my skyhawk case.
No, the fan bracket isn't totally straight, but it doesn't need to be, as you'll see later on.
These are the clips that keep the fans from sliding off the back. Made from an identical strip as the bracket itself, these are also wrapped in e-tape
The inside (left) "clip" slides over the farthes fin on the amp, and the outside (right) fin like thing goes around the fans, holding them down, as you will see later on as well.
The inside clip slides of the farthest fin:
And with the clips on, it looks like this:
Here you can see that the outside fin like thing on the clip keeps the fans from falling backward, and the top part of the fin like thing keeps them down.
Two final pictures, just so you can get a good look at it:
I'm currently powering them with an old 250WATT AT power supply, but I really want to just use a regular AC adapter like thing to powe them with a switch on the cord somewhere so I can at least power the fans on and off.
So what do you think? Am I just addicted to modding, or do you think this was really worth it? As you all know, I love input
~C.P.
So I my solution was to cool them somehow, involving fans. I had put my bedroom box fan to the side of the sub at low speed and the sinks cooled off VERY quickly, with very little air being pushed over them. So here is what I came up with (I appologize for the horrible image quality):
The fan bracket is just a half inch wide strip of sheet metal I had lying around, and it's just as long as the sub is wide. Then I wripped this in electrical tape since the sheet metal shears arn't the nicest when it comes to clean edges, and the edge would slice you open like a fish. I don't remember the models of the fans, but one is a Nidec from an old PSU, and the other is what came with my skyhawk case.
No, the fan bracket isn't totally straight, but it doesn't need to be, as you'll see later on.
These are the clips that keep the fans from sliding off the back. Made from an identical strip as the bracket itself, these are also wrapped in e-tape
The inside (left) "clip" slides over the farthes fin on the amp, and the outside (right) fin like thing goes around the fans, holding them down, as you will see later on as well.
The inside clip slides of the farthest fin:
And with the clips on, it looks like this:
Here you can see that the outside fin like thing on the clip keeps the fans from falling backward, and the top part of the fin like thing keeps them down.
Two final pictures, just so you can get a good look at it:
I'm currently powering them with an old 250WATT AT power supply, but I really want to just use a regular AC adapter like thing to powe them with a switch on the cord somewhere so I can at least power the fans on and off.
So what do you think? Am I just addicted to modding, or do you think this was really worth it? As you all know, I love input
~C.P.
