amp overheats into protection mode

[RollinRemz05 10+ year member]

How can i stop my amp from overheating? Its in a ventilated area. Shold i get fans or what? Thanks

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[killahbean 10+ year member]

How can i stop my amp from overheating? Its in a ventilated area. Shold i get fans or what? Thanks

yes rewire your subs to a higher ohm load maybe that amp couldnt handle it.....

 

[SPL140.2 5,000+ posts]

yes rewire your subs to a higher ohm load maybe that amp couldnt handle it.....

x2!! or its clippin, fans will help dissapate the heat too.

 

[RollinRemz05 10+ year member]

well the amp is 600 rms at 1 ohm and the sub i have is 600 rms. Should i get a different amp or just put some fans to it?

 

[zfactor 10+ year member]

fans may not be the answer... where is it mounted?? how much air flow is there? what kind of amp is it?? a fan may help some but only if it can get the hot air away from the board..

 

[RollinRemz05 10+ year member]

Its a bx605, its mouted in my trunk about 3 inches under the surface but it has plenty of airflow. Its wired to 1ohm with 600 rms.

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

It should not be doing that...

How long before it gets so hot that is shuts off?

 

[RollinRemz05 10+ year member]

it was about 2 hours or so.

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

You played it solid for 2 hours at high volumes?

 

[RollinRemz05 10+ year member]

Well i drove for about 20 mins to dads (was there for about 2 hours, then 20 mins home, then 20 mins to his house again then it stopped working. and yes loud music the whole time, but my last system i could play loud for 2 hours straight and itd be regularly warm.

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

I have ran my systems at full volume for over 2 hours...

I have never dealt with HiFonics before though...

 

[zfactor 10+ year member]

they will get pretty hot at 1ohm.. still shouldnt have shut down i think you are prob trying to get more than its capable of and clipping it.. this will heat it up pretty fast... what sub is it?? the cheaper hifonics are known to be overated power wise anyway.. so its prob not doing all it should be.. sounds like trying to run it to hard though...how did you adjust your gains?? and i dont mean what are they set to .. i mean how did you adjust them? did you use a meter or just turned the dial till they got loud?

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

They are overrated, I think it is just running to hard...

 

[90accordman 5,000+ posts]

sounds like the gains are mashed way up. ive had alot form the bx line and none have never overheated into protect.

and my XX Colossus doesnt even get warm.

 

[RollinRemz05 10+ year member]

I turned it up by ear. What kind of meter should i use?