will inverting increase power handling?

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Topic: will inverting increase power handling?

Posted By: jmelton86
Subject: will inverting increase power handling?
Date Posted: September 28, 2007 at 12:34 AM

-Or to an extent?

Just wondering. I figure it'll keep cooler.

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: September 28, 2007 at 12:42 AM

Nope.

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Posted By: jmelton86
Date Posted: September 28, 2007 at 2:28 AM

Odd. I figure the added airflow will keep the VC cooler.

It's surprising that I haven't seen installs where there are fans connected to speakers!

Thanks, I guess you'd know best (even though that's not what I wanted to hear!).

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2013 Kia Rio -90a alternator
DDX470HD GTO14001 GTO1014D (x3)
Big3 in 1/0G
1/0G to GTO14001

Posted By: dpaton
Date Posted: September 28, 2007 at 12:56 PM

jmelton86 wrote:

Odd. I figure the added airflow will keep the VC cooler.

It's surprising that I haven't seen installs where there are fans connected to speakers!

The only air that really ventilates the voice coil is provided whent he woofer is moving, and the pumping action is minuscule. The real heat transfer is radiation to the pole piece and magnet assembly, and then to the basket and out to the world.

As for air pumps, they are used, but only in esoteric applications. Community Loudspeakers had some in the 80s with forced air cooling to the high frequency compression drivers. Sound Physics Labs used it to cool the motors on the Basstek-7 as well.

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