Orion 275G4 getting hot

[low00ranger 10+ year member]

Well I got this beast hooked up to see what it can do to my Brahma 15. It is running at a 1 ohm load. I'm pretty sure I have the gains set correctly. I set the head unit to the highest "daily" level and turned up the gains until it got to the point where I was not getting additional output from the Brahma... then backed off slightly. With it set like this, pushing the Brahma pretty hard, it gets pretty warm in 2 minutes flat. This is on a good rap or bass track. Within 3-4 minutes it is real hot. It won't burn your skin after 3-4 minutes but you don't want to touch it for long. Is this normal, or should I back off some? I can up the RCA input voltage for this amp on my US Amps crossover, then turn the amp gains down. I also don't have the amp crossovers set as I'm waiting on the owner's manual to come in before I fool with that. Would either of those steps help keep the temp down? The amp only gets hot to the left of the Orion logo, close to the RCA input and output jacks.

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[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

Well I got this beast hooked up to see what it can do to my Brahma 15. It is running at a 1 ohm load. I'm pretty sure I have the gains set correctly. I set the head unit to the highest "daily" level and turned up the gains until it got to the point where I was not getting additional output from the Brahma... then backed off slightly. With it set like this, pushing the Brahma pretty hard, it gets pretty warm in 2 minutes flat. This is on a good rap or bass track. Within 3-4 minutes it is real hot. It won't burn your skin after 3-4 minutes but you don't want to touch it for long. Is this normal, or should I back off some? I can up the RCA input voltage for this amp on my US Amps crossover, then turn the amp gains down. I also don't have the amp crossovers set as I'm waiting on the owner's manual to come in before I fool with that. Would either of those steps help keep the temp down? The amp only gets hot to the left of the Orion logo, close to the RCA input and output jacks.

The HCCA line was known to get hella hot. That is why you see many of the red series turn pink after a lot of usage. Nothing new to it, it will work perfectly fine.

Now, I will tell you that it wont last long and that it will destroy itself....can I have it ???

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[Nukedsodapop 5,000+ posts]

just like the old rf's...

mine got so hot....

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

Think its something normal with Orion. My 2500 gets hot right away for nothing. My old Audiobahn wouldnt feel as hot. Even though it feels hot it keeps on going like if it wasn't hot. It has never turned off on me before.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

BTW im selling an Orion 2500 if you or any one else is interested.