93F outside. Normal for amp to go into thermal protect?

[JoeK 10+ year member]

I noticed my amp cutting off after about an hour or two of constant use. Its an Audiopipe APSM-1500 and im running a 1ohm load at its limits. It goes into protect but will eventually go back into normal mode, only to go into thermal again. Its 93F outside and its in a trunk. Anywho, is this normal?

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[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

no. your clipping your amp. turn the gain down a little bit. your amp should never go into protect.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

get a multimeter and check the impedence that the amp is seeing.

 

[JoeK 10+ year member]

get a multimeter and check the impedence that the amp is seeing.

1.23ohms

 

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no. your clipping your amp. turn the gain down a little bit. your amp should never go into protect.

I hear no distortion, and i tuned it down further from the point that i did. The gain is less than half-way

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

then your amp is fucked.

 

[JoeK 10+ year member]

1.23ohms 

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I hear no distortion, and i tuned it down further from the point that i did. The gain is less than half-way

Also, the amp is real hot to the touch even.

 

[cyn 10+ year member]

its been 104 ehre during the day.. in my trunk its been 140degree's.. my amp goes into protect if i push it hard.. amp is turned all the way down.. no bass boast etc.. on the amp or radio.. the amp gets hot enough to cook bacon and eggs on

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

it doesnt matter if you hear distortion or not. your amp is heating up and the only way to keep it cool is to make it work less.

 

[xSPLoder 10+ year member]

I hear no distortion

That's why you use a DMM or DD1. You wont always hear it and you cant just use your hearing as your tuning

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

105º the past couple of days

zero problems with my nine.1 and Rockford 500-2

they are in a terrible spot for amps but they never shut down.

I drive 30 min each way to work

 

[cyn 10+ year member]

I'm thinking mine is a grounding issue.. old Hifonics Brutus 600.. haven't had a chance to rerun my ground from the battery... and put my aq1200 in

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

That's why you use a DMM or DD1. You wont always hear it and you cant just use your hearing as your tuning

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[xSPLoder 10+ year member]

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It's a preference thing. Some people like em, some don't.

 

[DoesDad 10+ year member]

It's a preference thing. Some people like em, some don't.

I'm not sure that's what he was talking about....

 

[RangerDangerV2 5,000+ posts]

its audiopoop... nuff said.