Sub amp geting HOT

[07BronzeFuz 10+ year member]

Guys, here is my setup

nine.4

nine.2

4 gauge power to distro to a fused distro 8 gauge to each amp

trunk of a 2007 Fusion

I just got 2 powerbase xtreme subs. They are d4 so I series 1 coil on each woofer and paral. the rest to amp to give it 4 ohm bridged. I am breaking the subs in a ported box volume about 13-15 playing different tracks. I have about a 30 min drive home. I stop about 20-25 mins after I started and I checked on the nine.2x. It was freaking HOT My nine.4 has got pretty warm before just powering the factory 6x8's but never like this. I just checked the seting on the amp and the guy that installed it at the time had the bass boost on and the gain probably a little more then half. It never clipped or cut out. Am I over reacting or do they normally run hot? I just dont want to mess up any thing.

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[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

turn bass off and adjust the settings from ur hu. it might be clipping a little also so back the gain down a tad. turn them down and if it doesnt heat up anymore then u know its the gains

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

Definitely check your gain setting.

 

[07BronzeFuz 10+ year member]

turn bass off and adjust the settings from ur hu. it might be clipping a little also so back the gain down a tad. turn them down and if it doesnt heat up anymore then u know its the gains

yea I normally turn my hu to 20 to listen to music loud. I turned off the bass boost, and turned the gain down a little. Its probably under half.

 

[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

nice. now drive around and check it afterwards. also make sure ur sub is wired right. IE make sure its not wired lower than ur amp can take

 

[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

nevermind on the wiring u cant wire to low with that vc config. lol

 

[quins90lac 10+ year member]

under half dose not tell us much of anything

 

[l7runner 10+ year member]

Is that an A/b class amp...they tend to get warm especially if driven hard at minimum impedance's

 

[07BronzeFuz 10+ year member]

Is that an A/b class amp...they tend to get warm especially if driven hard at minimum impedance's

I wired the subs to 4 ohms. I am sure of that, I dont think the amp would of lasted at 1 ohm bridged. I turned the gain to about half and backed it off a little. The amp is in such a bad location I had to unbolt it from the false wall its on. Its a pain in the butt to check.

i remember my older rf power series amps getting pretty hot also.