Enough ventilation?

[ssh 924]

Inside:

Outside:

As you can see from the inside picture, the sides have openings, and there is about a half inch gap between the heatsinks and the top panel.

I'm considering a new enclosure that would sit over the top panel, it would likely cover up all the heatsinks.

I know the sides being open will help, but since heat rises, and the enclosure would be directly above the heatsinks, think I'll run into any issues?

[Randal Johnson 544]

Fans would be nice ...

I need to add some to my amp rack ...

[ricksi30 923]

Fans would be nice ...

Yeah maybe a push/pull setup. Especially with those 110+ days.

[liljestrand 244]

What about some crossflow or PC fans. I'm thinking crossflow would work better cus it is flatter.

Or do you not want fans.

[ssh 924]

I'd rather not add fans, just more shit to deal with. As stupid as it sounds if that's the case then I'll go with a smaller enclosure and have it not cover up the heat sinks.

Let's say I did add fans, do you use a relay from the remote turn on and connect that to the fans?

[Randal Johnson 544]

I'm just going to hook me up a switch in the dash so i can turn them on and off when i want to ...

giving a demo or competition with fans running wouldn't be a good thing ...

[emh9009 199]

It looks like you have a bit of room in the top right corner, how much space do you have there? You're trying to get a icon 15 or 18 sealed?

[Infinite913 381]

parts express I snagged some really GOOD fans with good amount of leverage air being pushed.

[ricksi30 923]

We can also do something to allow airflow in between the box and the false floor.

[Frostedflakejake 148]

I just have my fans connected to a switch on the dash and then connected to my battery.

Personally I wouldn't run that without fans, but that's not saying much. I've never had an amplifier that wasn't cooled somehow by external fans.

You know man; it's always that "well it could be just fine.... or it could be not okay at all". Why risk it? You'd have to do more work later anyways if it goes south and your amps keep popping into protect!

[emh9009 199]

We can also do something to allow airflow in between the box and the false floor.

Yeah, put the box on some feet!

[ricksi30 923]

We can also do something to allow airflow in between the box and the false floor.

Yeah, put the box on some feet!

That's what I was thinkin! We can make it pretty for you. Let me know what you decide on Stefan and we will make it work.

[Julian 641]

Relay + fans = best option.

If you have a Micro Center near you, I picked up some fans for about 3-5 bucks 120mm fans.

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0367980

or

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0325743

and

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3020762&filterName=Category

[ssh 924]

Thanks everyone.

We can also do something to allow airflow in between the box and the false floor.

Yeah, put the box on some feet!

That's what I was thinkin! We can make it pretty for you. Let me know what you decide on Stefan and we will make it work.

If we could figure something out that would be cool. Leaning towards the dcons again, you never see them around, and the cone area will be nice.

[Kanaworm$ 292]

Leave a minimum of 2" above the amps for proper ventilation.

Amp rack looks great!