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Post by ptonfire on Feb 27, 2008 21:48:58 GMT -8
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Post by Candyman on Mar 1, 2008 0:41:17 GMT -8
Hey PTonFire,
Thats a tricky one. I am by far not nearly as good at troubleshooting Amps, as I wish I was, but I will give it my best shot! At the very least, we might be able to rule out some things to kind of narrow it dow a bit.
I know that Amplifiers in general do tend to run hot, and thus most larger Amplifiers have cooling fans, and recommend that the amp be positioned in a well ventilated area in your vehicle. This would be my best guess as to why a lot of custom audio installers like to put multiple amps somewhere up in the air positioned around all of the speakers in the trunk rather than hidden away somewhere. However, I have a big amp under the seat in my pick-up, and have no issues as of yet. You couple that with some high end Custom Audio Installs that fully encase the amps under fiberglass, and they seem to have no issues.
My best guess would be that the fan must have goon bad. If this is the case, your best bet would be to either replace the amp, or upgrade to a better one. You could try to have the amp repaired, but the Car Audio Industry is developing at such a high rate, that that expensive amp you might have bought only a few weeks ago might be obsolete almost as soon at it comes onto the market. Due to the ever evolving of the electronics, most new Amplifiers are little more than a throw away item with a limited amount of life.
I'm not sure if that helps out much, but at least its a start in the right direction!
Take it easy, and please let us know what you find out!
Candyman
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