Amp starting a fire?
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Amp starting a fire?
Hi I am planning one running another amplifier for my speakers I am going to be placing it behind the drivers seat, and I was wondering if i have it laying on the cushioning stuff do you think it will cause a fire? thank you
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an amp will shut down from thermal overload before it gets hot enough to catch on fire...however, i have seen cars catch on fire from horrible hack installations, no fuse on power and get this, a bent nail stuffed into the fuse holder ont he amp, a hard short, and the whole car burned down
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Originally Posted by neel6690
Hi I am planning one running another amplifier for my speakers I am going to be placing it behind the drivers seat, and I was wondering if i have it laying on the cushioning stuff do you think it will cause a fire? thank you
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Originally Posted by 350ZTheStandard
WOW 116 post so far huh, hope some of them were smarter than this 1
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Originally Posted by michaeljr6
stfu he needed help.........this is a forum where people learn so they wouldn't do stupid ****.
+1 need to stfu and help out! not make them stupid and be scared to ask us anything!
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wow dick if u dont wanna help then dont! thanks for the help you guys the people who actually are nice. so ill go ahead and try it out. thanks again!
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Originally Posted by 350ZTheStandard
WOW 116 post so far huh, hope some of them were smarter than this 1
I don't think the OP's question was that stupid at all. He had the wherewithal to realize that amplifiers get hot from spent electrical energy. The heat generated by the electrical componentry in the amplifier is then dissipated into the heat sink (a.k.a. chassis) of the amplifier. That heat would be in direct contact with synthetic materials in the mounted location in question. Synthetic materials all have different combustion temperatures dependent on composition. The OP may not know the exact nature of the material used, so he turned to a group of peers that gather on an internet forum and share a common interest.
A simple 'yes' or 'no' answer, possibly with supporting argumentation, would have sufficed to quell the OP's concerns. If you were incapable of providing the OP with the information he was requesting, you should have moved on.
And for the record, I do not look like my avatar.
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