Amp overheatting??

[Sachmo12345 10+ year member]

recently my amp goes in and out. i am pretty sure that it is due to overheating, i have an MTX 801d and all last summer it worked fine. i mounted it to me box when the temperatures were cooler so i think that the hot weather might have something to do with it, but i could easily wrong.

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[Sachmo12345 10+ year member]

anyone have any ideas

 

[LBX2G 10+ year member]

we need more details.....

 

[jsloan10 10+ year member]

Post a pic of the install, so we can see how its mounted.

If I had an overheating problem I would either move the amp to a better spot or modify it with a couple CPU fans.

 

[Sachmo12345 10+ year member]

ill be driving around bumping it for a while and then itll the amp will cut out but the music keeps playing then after a little bit itll come back on. it doesnt come on when i hit a bump or anything that would make me think that there is a loose wire

 

[Sachmo12345 10+ year member]

i will post a pic of the setup soon

 

[LBX2G 10+ year member]

also what is the ohm load of the speakers.

 

[Sachmo12345 10+ year member]

the amps is hooked up to a MTX9500 12" at 2 ohms

 

[sentra95 10+ year member]

What gauge wire are you running on you amp?

 

[Sachmo12345 10+ year member]

4 gauge but remember the only thing that has changed from last summer and this summer is that i mounted to amp to the box

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

Do you have the gain or bass boost cranked? Also do you have the Compression Circuit on?

 

[Sachmo12345 10+ year member]

i do have the gain all the way up but it isnt loud at all with it any lower could it maybe be miswired to show 4 ohms not 2. i really do mean that it isnt loud at all with the gain any lower at half way the sub barely even moves

 

[Sachmo12345 10+ year member]

bump

 

[Mackenzie 10+ year member]

Well now that you say that you have the gain all the way up, its kinda self explanatory why the amp is over heating //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif Any amp will over heat if you run it with the gain all the way up. The mtx 9500s are very power hungry subs, and they need about 1000+ watts to start getting performance out of them. They are very inefficient, and ide suggest you get the mtx 1501d amp (1500+watts) for that one 12. Seems to work good for the 12 in the installs ive worked with.

 

[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

Yup the gain is your problem, n00b.