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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Nightendday
omfg we have the same car too? wtf?!
I'm working on getting it all installed, tearing apart the whole car for some dynamat extreme next month, when I had just the subs in it was unbelievably loud. also picking up a set of eclipse pointsource next month
are you running that on a stock electrical?

edit. apparently I cant read.
Ya go figure... very close setup we have haha.

My car rattles like **** but I am not dynamating it. Going to move the system into a different vehicle and THEN do that. Used 2ga for Big 3, 4ga for amp, and 10ga for subs with a 150amp anl fuse. New battery helps but it's nothing fancy... not a deep cycle
Old Mar 11, 2009 | 03:11 AM
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ignore this. guess i can't del it? o well

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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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Some amplifiers manuals will actually show you a spectrum of working temperature (ex
-25 degres/+120degrees) so they will work but there is a possibilty of them being so cold they may not start up until the vehicles interior has warmed up.
Old Mar 12, 2009 | 06:25 PM
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What about in the summer? I always fear that everything is just too hot.
On really humid days (lets say feels like +30 almost 40 degrees) I'm usually not willing to crank it ... maybe that's just my paranoia?

I feel the same way in the winter, where I'm only playing at low volumes and moving up as everything "warms up" ...
Stupid?

I thought it helps ...
Old Mar 12, 2009 | 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by DaVibe
What about in the summer? I always fear that everything is just too hot.
On really humid days (lets say feels like +30 almost 40 degrees) I'm usually not willing to crank it ... maybe that's just my paranoia?

I feel the same way in the winter, where I'm only playing at low volumes and moving up as everything "warms up" ...
Stupid?

I thought it helps ...
Well, Its not going to hurt it to let it warm up, its not stupid to baby your 1500+ dollar stereos..
Old Mar 12, 2009 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Nightendday
Well, Its not going to hurt it to let it warm up, its not stupid to baby your 1500+ dollar stereos..
Well, that's exactly what I think about the situation.
What about in + degree weather ... thoughts on that?
Old Mar 12, 2009 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by DaVibe
Well, that's exactly what I think about the situation.
What about in + degree weather ... thoughts on that?
well, that i cant really chime in on, but know that these things are made to dissipate heat, so i cant see and outside heat source making them overheat unless your driving the amp past its limits.
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