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MY E-BAY AMP CAME IN :) #91754 06/20/02 07:51 PM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 291 Kansas City,Mo,USA N NateCox OP Member
OP NateCox Member N Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 291 Kansas City,Mo,USA	A JENSEN KA5 50W/CHANNEL 125 TO A SUB IT'S FREAKIN HUGE!!!!! 19 INCHES LONG, ABOUT 15 WIDE... I HOPE I CAN MOUNT IT ON THE DECK

Re: MY E-BAY AMP CAME IN :) #91755 06/20/02 09:08 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 470 Maui D DBZJunior Member
DBZJunior Member D Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 470 Maui	Nice amp. I just hope i doesn't fry from the sun mounted on the deck. Or get any attention from those who like borrowing without asking. Give me more beer and CEG before i get depressed! AIM/AOL: DBZ Jr

Re: MY E-BAY AMP CAME IN :) #91756 06/20/02 09:11 PM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 291 Kansas City,Mo,USA N NateCox OP Member
OP NateCox Member N Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 291 Kansas City,Mo,USA	sorry, I meant on the inside of the trunk on the UNDERSIDE of the deck IF it will fit, I haven't been out to the car yet. I'm still at work....working.....sorta

Re: MY E-BAY AMP CAME IN :) #91757 06/20/02 09:16 PM
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 1,687 Metro Detroit H HellaHydro Member
HellaHydro Member H Joined: May 2001 Posts: 1,687 Metro Detroit	lol

Re: MY E-BAY AMP CAME IN :) #91758 06/20/02 09:47 PM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,032 Plainfield, IL, USA S SVT Colin Member
SVT Colin Member S Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,032 Plainfield, IL, USA	I wouldn't mount it upside down. It can't shed heat effectively. Heat = distortion = crappy sound = reduced output. It could fry itself without thermal protection circuits too. Suspending it beneath the rear deck with a few inches of air above it should be enough for ventilation. 1999 SVT #900/2760 Born on 1-20-99 Silver Frost/Midnight Blue A few aesthetic and audio mods

Re: MY E-BAY AMP CAME IN :) #91759 06/21/02 01:06 AM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,447 Cleveland,OH K KnuKonceptz Member
KnuKonceptz Member K Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,447 Cleveland,OH	Yes, mounting an amp upside down is bad. 2000 SVT Contour #1077/2150 MSDS Headers/B&M Shifter/H&R's/ 1995 Contour SE V6 #????/Tons KnuProject, awaiting mass mods

Re: MY E-BAY AMP CAME IN :) #91760 06/21/02 02:39 AM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 470 Maui D DBZJunior Member
DBZJunior Member D Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 470 Maui	Unless you got a cooling fan... Give me more beer and CEG before i get depressed! AIM/AOL: DBZ Jr

Re: MY E-BAY AMP CAME IN :) #91761 06/21/02 06:06 AM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 139 buffalo, ny S sound_contour Member
sound_contour Member S Joined: May 2002 Posts: 139 buffalo, ny	yeah, always face it either face up or with the heat sinks running vertically, so that they can dissipate properly one of my amps shut down from heat for the first time ever today, it was such a hot day and the air in the car was easily over 100 degrees, so i wasnt suprised it shut down when i opened my trunk and could have nearly burned my hand on the housing thats one spicy meatball My contour page

Re: MY E-BAY AMP CAME IN :) #91762 06/21/02 02:04 PM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 31 Illinois Y yogibear Member
yogibear Member Y Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 31 Illinois	THAT'S WHY MY AMP FIRED, it died two weeks after after mounting it upside down,... the friking thing got so overloaded that it took the speakers with him.....

Re: MY E-BAY AMP CAME IN :) #91763 06/21/02 05:59 PM
Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 730 Wilmington, NC K Kai Member
Kai Member K Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 730 Wilmington, NC	You could probably do something like I did. Such as: But don't mount it upside down (unless you don't need it to work, and just want it for looks!) Kendall '97 GL Zetec ATX " Nippy "

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