Coolin down an Amp

[XEnophontos 10+ year member]

Hey guys I got a flatlyne 12" powered by a alpine m1000 all in the trunk, anyways this amp gets hoooooooot!!!! Scorching hot sometimes, it is begining to become more of a problem now in the summer. It will cut out bass at high volume as well as cut it down to half power it sounds like. Is there anyways to combat this?

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[skylineTT 10+ year member]

cut holes in the amp and add 2 12v computer cooling fans.

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

water cooler?

first are you using proper gauged wires? electrical able to keep up?

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

i bet you have it beyond it's limits. example: running a 2ohm stable amp at 1 ohm. shits gonna be cookin //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[XEnophontos 10+ year member]

O guage wiring to a dist block then 4 guage for like 2ft to amp, grounded with 4 guage as well, biggest wire thatll fit in the amps holes. sub is dual 4 ohm wired to 2, electrical would be the only thing im worried about, no big 3 yet and only an 80amp stock alt

 

[BlactimusCrime 10+ year member]

do ur big 3 and see if that helps

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

you got gains pegged out? bass boost on? anything like that?

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

O guage wiring to a dist block then 4 guage for like 2ft to amp, grounded with 4 guage as well, biggest wire thatll fit in the amps holes. sub is dual 4 ohm wired to 2, electrical would be the only thing im worried about, no big 3 yet and only an 80amp stock alt

i'm guessing that's the problem or atleast do a 0 gauge ground for your battery.

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

what is the resistance on ur sub? D4? D2?

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

what is the resistance on ur sub? D4? D2?

dual 4 wired to 2. look up ^^

 

[XEnophontos 10+ year member]

No bass boost on lpf set at like 75-80 gain knob about halfway up seems like it has a little play tho, amp can barely fit in 4guage to the grounding point as with power wire.

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

ya the problem is the problem is the 80 amp alt...do the big 3 andmaybe find a new grounding point