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<blockquote data-quote="headless" data-source="post: 4557678" data-attributes="member: 566363">Amplifiers are not 100% efficient; they produce large amounts of heat in addition to amplifying your signal.&nbsp; If you push the amplifier harder, it will get hotter.&nbsp; If you can&#039;t handle how hot they are (mine used to get hot enough to burn you if you touch them - but without any ill effects) then wire a relay up to your deck&#039;s remote wire (on one side) and your 12v run for your amps (on the other side), then wire all of your remotes to the output on the relay - and also wire up a fan that can blow on the amps.&nbsp; I added a radio shack 120mm fan blowing across my amps - i mounted it directly between my sub amp and my mids/highs amp...it alone brought temperatures down from excessively hot to warm/easy to touch without discomfort unless it&#039;s a super hot day and i run them at max volume for an hour or more....then they still heat up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gifShort version, get a relay, wire it to your remote wire, wire all of your amps remotes to the output of the relay - plus a new fan that blows on your amps.&nbsp; When you turn on the deck, it&#039;ll flip the relay...and the relay will activate the fan and turn on your amps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="headless, post: 4557678, member: 566363"] Amplifiers are not 100% efficient; they produce large amounts of heat in addition to amplifying your signal. If you push the amplifier harder, it will get hotter. If you can't handle how hot they are (mine used to get hot enough to burn you if you touch them - but without any ill effects) then wire a relay up to your deck's remote wire (on one side) and your 12v run for your amps (on the other side), then wire all of your remotes to the output on the relay - and also wire up a fan that can blow on the amps. I added a radio shack 120mm fan blowing across my amps - i mounted it directly between my sub amp and my mids/highs amp...it alone brought temperatures down from excessively hot to warm/easy to touch without discomfort unless it's a super hot day and i run them at max volume for an hour or more....then they still heat up [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] Short version, get a relay, wire it to your remote wire, wire all of your amps remotes to the output of the relay - plus a new fan that blows on your amps. When you turn on the deck, it'll flip the relay...and the relay will activate the fan and turn on your amps. [/QUOTE]

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