Re: cooling an amp (min. Audi content)

[Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>]

Fans cool by pulling air over/through something hotter than the air.  Also,
it's much easier to pull warm air out than push cold air in.  The more air,
the more heat transfer, the better cooling.  Thus, while the general answer
is set the fan right on top, upside down in the trunk poses some other
considerations.  Maybe two smaller fans pulling air from side to side would
be better...

At 04:45 PM 6/30/1998 , you wrote:
>I've got an amp mounted upside down in my trunk of my 90.  I never really
>had  a problem with it shutting down due to heat until I hooked up all 4
>channels and now it is 100+ F  in Texas.  I am gonna get a fan for it,
>question is; would it be better to blow air across it, or suck air away from
>it, like a radiator fan does?


Cheers!