AMP RACK BUILT! 8 fan cooling-Tahoe System Rebuild (Vid 14)

the amp rack and cooling system (for the hidden amps) is built. Tomorrow i will wire it up!

[@Tauruz0153]

Steve I love the fact that you are doing all this work yourself and not paying some shop to do it man it F-ing awesome

[@EXOcontralto]

Love your skills man - ridiculous

[@mysubsbang]

dude that is the sweetest idea i have ever seen fan cooled thats tight man. as always great job.

[@meade916]

they have a fuse and they dont need grills because nothing will get near them. Thanks for your input and your honest opinion though.

[@Bulletinjection]

gotcha! :) and I like looking through all the comments because so many are yours! I love seeing that you answer as many people as you can. You are a man of the people my friend

[@meade916]

either a temp switch or by remote control. On days that arent very hot, i probalbly wont need to run them at all.....

[@meade916]

actually what i did will work great and there will more then likely be NO heat accumilation. Its going to work BETTER then i thought. Thanks for your input. I think you should go build yours and make a video telling us all about it.

[@meade916]

i have 2 jobs.....one is my website and the other is Project Engineer for a commercial roofing company. I dont roof anymore but i put 10 yrs in before i got in the office :)

[@CampersofChaos]

everyday i come home and immediately go on youtube to check to see if you put another video on...haha. i love the progress keep it up!

[@By_Any_Means_Necessary]

dam thats what u call taking pride in your work most ppl would of just wrap them wires in electrical tape and call it a day i guess thats why u the man

[@meade916]

thank you

[@meade916]

because the amps have a special design to dissipate heat and taking them apart might mess with that. Again, no need, they will stay plenty cool like this..

[@meade916]

i can still get to everything its just not that easy. The beauty of RF sub amps is that i wont ever have to touch any of the "slaves"....i set the master that is going to be easy to get to, and the slaves all do what the master does....SICK shit - RF all the way.

[@meade916]

EXACTLY

[@djspazzin]

I use that same exact glue for my boxes!! Build's looking awesome!

[@nathanielbolden5053]

That Tahoe is a BEAST!!!....have mercy!

[@meade916]

i like it there.

[@chikkattacher]

this is amazing steve, cant wait to see it when its done! keep it going! your the man!

[@HELLxYA]

dude thats a legit setup...good lookin, cant wait to see the final product

[@dumontdude10]

That looks sick man cant wait for the finishe product

[@meade916]

i am running my reciever directly to the subs. they sound better that way. No amps, no crossovers, nothing just direct.

[@pixuma]

not having that third fan in the middle is obstructing the airflow a bit. looks SICK!!

[@cr8silverbullet]

I just don't understand steve, you honestly know how to do all of this haha, Great work and nice ideas. I love the updates, keep them coming.

[@SheriffSkank]

smart way to get a nice airflow with the chambers and inwards/outwards facing fans!

[@meade916]

@aego069 no prob bro - it works great the way it is but no offense taken and thanks anyway!

[@MadballBaby]

Dam that’s a sweet setup ,showing ❤️from Maryland.

[@TheBiblemen]

nice little weekend project

[@kay188]

You're a freaking mad man steve! Love the work!!

[@FAMOOSE]

Looks real good steve keep it up can't wait till its done. Have fun look like fun work to me.

[@swayingmango69]

I want to one day be an amazing installer like you Steve. Your nuts. the shit you think up is amazing! its cool that your son helps you out all the time to. i bet he is going to be a pretty Sick installer when he gets alittle older.

[@killakevbo]

Thats a Bad ass air flow system u got goin keep it up your lookin good man!!!

[@meade916]

it dont matter what you think, it only matters what i think...and i think im sure its going to work great. You go build a better one and tell us all about it bro. Im all ears lol

[@meade916]

the air is circulating and as long as its moving there will be a benefit. Thanks for your thoughts though.

[@SubMasterT]

man meade your son must be proud of you...... youd be like an awesome dad

[@rodfilm]

If you ever want to test airflow, use clear plexi on top like you did, then light yourself up a cigar and blow the smoke in. Take note on the air path! You can add walls and air guiding fins inside to tweak the flow to your liking.

[@meade916]

thanks!!!

[@Oldschool503]

HISTORY IN THE MAKING!!!

[@meade916]

they do in the summer when they dont get any air :) especially if pushed hard. But you are right, a class A/b or worse a class A amp get WAYYYY hotter.

[@meade916]

the fans will be fine

[@Seppedy95]

yea, nice son, and he's verry lucky having a cool dad, i hope ;) greeting from germany

[@raarsnafu]

remember that he said the last setup had NO cooling. so this is a lot of benefit over what he had previously. besides, simply moving ANY air over the amps is going to cool them.

[@bassboylowg]

Thats awesome man, very ingenious.

[@TritonBoulder47]

True... Keep up the awesome work bro...

[@meade916]

oh i do when i have to.....trust me. The heatgun doesnt char the heatshrink as bad though

[@clvnblnkee]

Damn, nice airflow design!

[@meade916]

yes, 4 will be hidden, 2 will be partially hidden and 5 will be out in the open. There will be plenty of "cool led's" but this aint a disco so i dont mind if a few are hidden. LOL

[@ag69192]

steave ur 1 smart guy....wen ur done with this system imma go give u a visit to hear it..

[@johnnylimb94]

steve man that system will be sweet man !!! hope it goes well !!!

[@BasherCoon]

Nice amp rack, Steve. :) Good low-noise fans, too.

[@PSPHaCkErAOD]

cant wait to see this finish, i want to hear it

[@deweys]

They make single integrated circuits to detect fan failure for cooling devices. Since you wont see those fans again for a long time. Might be beneficial to implement something like that.

[@nelly69247]

Yo dude thats a great idea with the fans a push pull style those amps will never get that hot again

[@johnfurious8419]

You are the man MEADE love your work

[@meade916]

thanks John!

[@meade916]

@HavoKx16 lots of practice bro

[@1234DEANO]

Shits lookin tight man, fans look mad.

[@Tucker...]

real clever design

[@hmh269]

i put my amps in a computer case wired the power switch to a turn on wire keeps the amps cool with bunch of fans and it looks nice

[@NathanMaynardYMB]

you have the same soldering iron as me, NICE!

[@jameswilson89074]

steve, this is looking very pro-5 star for the late upload, thanks!

[@meade916]

thanks!!! :)

[@meade916]

@EB8301 thanks LOL :D

[@tok4life420]

same here man, im in NY. already getting chilly. snows gonna suck =(

[@mporettim]

Clever, very clever

[@dingoboexplore]

Thanks for the help man!

[@shinodal3]

nice work, really creative you steve, congratulations! :)

[@Ziggetyzag26]

thats going to b hard as hell to tune with the box on the top

[@JDavidUNoguera]

awesome steve!

[@monera9675]

looking good man

[@chevyman3367]

Very nice.

[@meade916]

no air will hit any of the batteries. Even if it did, it wouldnt hurt it in the least bit. Thanks anyway man.

[@EXOcontralto]

HELL YEAHHHHH!!!!

[@djnothin]

Gotta love compton's most wanted playing at the beginning lol

[@GustavCarlehed]

truly awesome build! about that idea with using the car AC-system to cool your amps that would be really cool (cool) XD

[@meade916]

certified master installers? where? they can watch all they want, hopefully, they have their pencil and paper out and take notes.

[@kaleltr00p3r]

nice job

[@fennygolf]

watch the whole build he puts a remote for the fans and the subwoofer amps too turn on and off its real easy hope u join in the car audio game with the rest of us

[@bertj07]

beautiful garage homie !! exzactly how i intend to do when i install my 4 15 re sx ..

[@TSZ88KING]

Steve you should have your own show building car systems.

[@what102985]

steve your the shit keep it up even my girl wants to see it cause i had her watch all your install vids lol but keep the head ringing 30,000 watts on the way

[@tbgb09]

you have the best videos you know your shit cant wait to see it when done

[@lifelikeweeds819]

Great idea with the fans. Interesting you chose to flow the air from one chamber left to right rather than do one side intake, one side exhaust.

[@willbgrill]

haha you should have put a small port on the bottom of the box and then you wouldn't need the fans. but great idea i bet it works terrific, iv'e seen your other videos of course it works terrific, straight DIY right there.

[@cb89127]

damn steve going big with pc fans thats about how much air flow i got in my computer lol

[@meade916]

Where did you pick that up from? who said that?

[@PhuckRicers]

looks good

[@pixuma]

it will still cool them off, as long as there is a temperature differential between the cooling air and the amp, there will be cooling. and besides, he has plenty of airflow, i doubt they will overheat

[@GangstaJumpmanRemix]

Wow Good shit This is about to be a vary expensive truck

[@stupidplants]

TOTALLY GOT YOUR PLATE NUMBER!

[@tok4life420]

This is absolutely some of the sickest shit ive seen lol. i ve seen this done in rack mounts for house amps and such, yet lim luvin this!. 5 stars without Q brotha!

[@meade916]

no they dont. In most cases, they need 1" of clearance ABOVE them probably but you dont need an inch around them. Even if what you said is true, i just showed you 8 fans....thanks for the advice anyway though im pretty sure i have it handled.

[@Indianatanner]

hurry up meade and get ur next vid posted.. cant wait., when ur all done you should think about makin a full dvd of ur build,, id buy it and im sure many will .. laters from da uk

[@fanzFZ50]

good idea!!

[@user-bv6kx3lm4m]

MEADE the BEST

[@bigdaddydjdef]

dats what im talkin bout homie lansing, mi

[@kingwithabrokencrown]

awesome work love your videos,i got a question tho...all those amps gonna be under the box how are you gonna get to the amps if you have to adjust something on them?

[@bensonak47]

it won't kill your fan -.- i've been running my gaming rig's case fan @ 18v for 6 months now non stop its on 24/7 and no problems

[@hustlr23]

Steve, nice job. However, after i saw you had to run the wires over the top of the amps like that, I'm surprised you didn't recess the bottom of the amp rack. Or, slightly elevate the amps so the wires can run under them.

[@meade916]

you are highly confused. You believed me when i said i was going to run my DECK directly to the subs. Thats confusion. They will be amplified, they will be crossed over. Just sit back and watch.

[@meade916]

nahh not really.........those fans dont even need to be there technically. Holes woulda probably done just as good but i wanted a little extra push. There wasnt room for 3, i still have wires to run thru in certain areas.

[@neon228]

This EPIC PLAY LIST " Tahoe System ReBuild 2009 " ;)