HELP. And getting to hot.

[ryanpowell41]

Alright goes I’m pretty sure I know the problem but here’s my situation. I had 2 alpine type r 10s that are dual 4ohm 500rms max.

I was running them with a ct sounds 1000rms amp 1 channel.

I recently upgraded to 2 12” ct sounds tropo xl.l that are 1000rms per sub. I totally understand I’m running half the rms to each sub. They are wired to 1ohm but my amp never got hot before and now I realized it’s pretty warm. It’s not like on fire but it’s warm and it’s NEVER gotten warm before. Pretty sure my problem is I just need a bigger amp but curious what you guys would think.

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[some dude]

It sounds like you are asking your amp to work hard, and it's heat dissipation system is working.

Use it and jam out. If and when you upgrade to a more powerful amp, the new one would probably run a little bit cooler.. being built to dissipate even more heat.

 

[ryanpowell41]

It sounds like you are asking your amp to work hard, and it's heat dissipation system is working.

Use it and jam out. If and when you upgrade to a more powerful amp, the new one would probably run a little bit cooler.. being built to dissipate even more heat.

Yeah I’m literally running half the power the subs are rated for. So tomorrow I will be ordering the cat sounds 2000.1D amp.

 

[spokey9]

If you run your stereo loud...the amp is gonna get warm...that's normal as long as it's not going into thermal protection you should be good

 

[2023 LTZ]

If you had a way to verify the output I’m sure you’d find it is giving all it can.

 

[chillin 10+ year member]

Are you turning the volume up higher than before or did you adjust the gain or bass boost?