Amp over heating

[billystorms24 1]

hey guys i just drove back from work (i usually take the train) i was listening to my music the whole way home with the volume on 21 for almost 2 hours by the time i got home my sub was cutting in and out and when i got home the lcd screen on the amp said "hot " "77.9" degrees Celsius ( i knew it was before i looked) i know that my gains are not high, is that normal cause of the long duration? my stereo is an alpine cdx 9884 i believe goes to 35 max volume and my amp is a alpine mrd -m1005. what do you think guys?

thanks again

Billy

[jonbearsmt 919]

well 2 hours is a long time... how much air flow is around the amp.

[billystorms24 1]

none my trunk is completely sealed my seats don't fold down i dunno y the sxt and down of the charger doesnt come with 60 40 fold down seats i was pissed seeing that after i bought it but the battery was in the trunk haha what do you think i should do?

[jonbearsmt 919]

well if you plan on running the amp that hard that long all the time add a fan.... also i have found that amps run cooler when they have more power to draw on... so maybe a thicker power wire. thicker ground....

i would do the fan first.

but only if your gonna be doing this all the time.

[billystorms24 1]

nah its just for today and tomorrow. what kind of fan a computer fan? and how would i mount it?

[jonbearsmt 919]

yeah a computer fan will work...

use small L brackets. and bolts..... i have one here made... ill try to take pics.

[billystorms24 1]

thanks dude that will def help

[billystorms24 1]

something like this right and id hook it up through the remote power to turn on when my amp turns on i have a fan called the tornado 5700 rpm fudgein thing sounds like a hairdryer

[jonbearsmt 919]

you got it..... i was gonna tell you that some of my pics have the fan i was talk about in it.

i run my fan just like you showed... but my remote is NOT from the H/U

[billystorms24 1]

and to get even fancier i can get a thermal switch normally open and closes at 100 degress

[jonbearsmt 919]

i dont think you need that

[billystorms24 1]

yea your right. its better just to have it constant so it wont reach that temp