kicker zx amp getting hot

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

i have my zx850.4 behind my back seat in a storage area where my jack is not sure if some of you are familar with it or not but a 2001 4 door behind the seats there is a spot to put stuff i have it there and have the gains set so its putting out everything it can do 850 watts and it gets hot after bout 5 mins of full tilt

just wondering if that is normal or do i need to mount it somewhere i thought these amps run cool and have a built in fan, even when i had it mounted in the floor running at 4ohms running 2 channels had them bridged it was really hot to to touch and i have 4 guage running to it from the block and 1/0 to the block

do these have fans built in or no

anyone have the same prob with these getting very warm

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[bad_trip 10+ year member]

my amp gets hot as hell too. i just don't blast my things too much for too long, and every once in a while give it a minute or so to cool down. as long as the amp doesn't shut off you will be okay. amps getting hot is normal.

 

[Enellz 10+ year member]

What year is it and do you have your bass boost all the way up?

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

its the older model i think like an 04-06 anyhwere in there it has the power light on the left side on top i bought it used on here from mrwigglezdj and no i have no bass boost on at all

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

Sounds like there's not a whole lot of airflow in there. Any chance you can get a pic of the area so we can get a better look at what you're talking about?

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

might have to send it off to kicker...

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

well theres basically no airflow at all heres a thread bout ideas to build a amp rack and the panel that is there behind the seats towards the bottom of the panels behind the seats there is doors that open and to put stuff back there and i put the amp back there

today i took off both doors behind the back seats to allow for a lil more airflow we will see what happens

but any ideas on the amp rack

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=326640

you can see the doors i was reffering to right behind the seat

 

[kovemaster559 5,000+ posts]

open it up and check the fan/heat sink up

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

do the 06zx models even have a fan and what should i look for

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

bump

 

[mazzasec 5,000+ posts]

After expirence with kicker amps and it being pointed out. Its normal for them to run hot as a mofo

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

y is that

is that because they dont use alot of power or wat

 

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

The KX I believe had the built in fans and they removed that on the zx line (I think). They get really really hot but I never had a problem with them shutting off or anything and I had them in a place without any air flow either.

 

[casper97ta 10+ year member]

My zx650.4 gets hot also. Not burn your hand hot but pretty darn warm. I also have mine wired to 1ohm mono on 1 side at the moment though.