Those of you with Viper1200.1's

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

well im gonna run myne at 1 it better be stable //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

but yea if poorly ventilated any amp will over heat... kinda like mine.

 

[myn 10+ year member]

well im gonna run myne at 1 it better be stable //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
but yea if poorly ventilated any amp will over heat... kinda like mine.

Did you get your viper 1200 yet? If so where from?

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

yea... ive had it for like 6 months. gotit refurbed from ike. that things a workhorse

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

mine hasnt yet. been good to me thus far, about 2 weeks.

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

http://www.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=114285Check out how I have everything installed... The amp rack is in a wheel well with the box on top of it. I could move the sub box closer toward me, but it just sounds better when its at the very back of the car.

Think thats the reason its overheating? The tire well itself isnt very hot when I open it, just the amp. The tire well is about the same temp it is everywhere else in the car.

My god man, with that setup do you really expect an amp not to go into protect mode? they are getting no air what-so-ever. Figure out some way to get some airflow in there.

As for going into protect... I'm running mine at 1ohm, I've put into protect mode maybe three times in the year that I have had it. All this summer in 90+ degree weather, and after an hour or two of pretty much full volume.

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

I was running mine at 2ohms.

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

so I drove around on the highway today for abour 10 minutes, system about 3/4 volume... pretty loud. But I moved the box closer to the rear seats and left the wheel well hatch open.

Surely enough, my amps were pretty hot when I felt them after being on for about 15 minutes at loud volumes. Not hot enough to burn you or anything, but very obviously warm. And it wasnt even hot outside.

Im guessing maybe I have low voltage throughout the system, that tends to heat things up pretty quickly right? Ive always assumed my voltage was good because I have no dimming at all. Is it possible to have no dimming lights and still have low voltage going to the system? I will check the voltage tomorrow.. how exactly do I do that?

 

[fozzymuphet 10+ year member]

watercool it.

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

watercool it.

no. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

If you have low voltage, you must have high current to maintain the same power. With lower power, there is less heat, so I am failing to see how low voltage would cause more heat.

The amps will get warm espeically when playing hard. If you think it gets too hot, contact ikesound and see what they have to say, but do not automatically come to the conclusion that these amps just **** ***.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

im also debating on buying this amp.... this makes me reconsider

 

[myn 10+ year member]

I'm sending mine back to Ike tommorow morning. Mine kept blowing fuses.

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

my amp works perfect, kept it at 1 ohm and never had a problem and texas in a black truck can get extreamly hot. I believe the viper has been benched at something like 1354w at 1 ohm.

 

[swc204 10+ year member]

I'm sending mine back to Ike tommorow morning. Mine kept blowing fuses.

thats most likely not the amps fault.......

 

[swc204 10+ year member]

my amp works perfect, kept it at 1 ohm and never had a problem and texas in a black truck can get extreamly hot. I believe the viper has been benched at something like 1354w at 1 ohm.

What was it benched to do at 2 ohms?