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KMac:
One of the best and cleanest installs I've ever seen. If I didn't have the Sport, I want to mount my amps the exact same way. Since I do, I'm just gonna put together some sort of raised floor later in the spring so I can have all the amps / wires / cap protected.
Someone asked, so here's the answer: I've got the JL Stealthbox and it fits the Sport fine.
How long are your RCA Patch Cables? You mentioned that you don't believe in buying over priced cables. I agree, what are brand are your patch cables and where did you get them?
My RCA's are the lower line Monster RCA cables (the purple ones). They are still a shielded RCA cable, which is the important thing. I used the 5 meter cables and had plenty to get where I was routing them. I paid $17.95/pair (it will take 3 pairs to do a 4-channel amp + a subwoofer amp). I got them at Tweeter's, which is owned by Hi-Fi Buys.
While I was checking around I learned Tweeter's had better prices than Circuit City and Best Buy.
I dont wanna rain on your parade or nothin but it is a bad idea to mount amps upside down like that as they do not use the heat sinks when they are mounted like that and can burn out from over heating. just to warn you. but it does look nice.
Originally posted by EliteRaven I dont wanna rain on your parade or nothin but it is a bad idea to mount amps upside down like that as they do not use the heat sinks when they are mounted like that and can burn out from over heating. just to warn you. but it does look nice.
Secondly, if you have an amp mounted in any configuration and it somehow renders the heat sinks useless, the amp manufacturer didn't correctly use the heat sinks to begin with. You do indeed get what you pay for.
hey man relax I was just pointing something out for you to be watchfull of. It is a very nice install. no sense in getting bent over a possible future problem. BTW if you peep into your owners manual of any amp chap and expensive alike all manufacturers warn against invrted mounting.
You're misunderstanding something: Mounting an amp inverted is detrimental to the amp's cooling ability only when the top of the amp (the heat sinks) does not have at least 1 inch of free space between it and any solid surfaces. Mounting an amp upside down ON the floor or ON a box is indeed a NO NO. Mounting an amp inverted, but suspended with ample airspace around the heat sinks is entirely acceptable.
There's always a lot of talk and warnings about mounting amps inverted, but there's a misconception that the amp will overheat just because it's upside down. That's not true. It overheats if you mount the heat sinks against the mounting surface and "insulate" them from the cooling air.
Heat sinks work by drawing heat out of the amplifier and off of components into the aluminum fins. This heat is transferred to cooler air flowing over the fins. So, as long as you leave space around the fins for air flow, you can mount the amp in any configuration you wish.
