AMP getting Hot.. Please ADVICE SIFU's

[raizenraj]

okay i have 8speakers in my car.. pair of each below all mohawk(silver n crystal). my AMP im using a mohawk silver 300.4channel. its getting very hot but the damm shop hu installed it is saying its normal. its way tooo hot then normal. please advice if i have to add another amp or go for a single amp that supports all the speakers.... thankkkk youu very much... help the newbie

10MC-425 4'' 2-Way Coaxial Speaker
-Impendance: 4 Ohm
-Peak Power: 90 Watts Max

10MS-625 6.5'' 2-Way Coaxial Speaker
-Impendance: 4 Ohm
-Peak Power: 120 Watts Max

10MS-6.2 6.5'' Component Speaker System
-Impendance: 4 Ohm
-Peak Power: 240 Watts Max

10MC-693 6''x9'' 3-Way Coaxial Speaker
-Impendance: 4 Ohm
-Peak Power: 300 Watts Max

 

[Izso]

If your wiring is correct and wired to 4ohm properly, and the amp isn't cutting off - it's fine la. Make sure the amp is properly ventilated so it doesn't overheat.

 

[raizenraj]

the amp doesnt cut off bro.. just the heating.. n its very hot.. some advice the amp is not powerful enuf to support 8speakers.. stil doin survey to get a nice n high perfomance amp.. thanx for the advice bro..

 

[Izso]

Personally I'd split it to 2 separate amps, but heat isn't a problem if well ventilated. Last time I used to have a Orion HCCA amp that could almost cook an egg on top of it. Can burn tangan if touch too long

 

[raizenraj]

yea boss i tried to study bit of wiring whole night online.. kinda got the same idea to separate.. saw some diagram n got rough idea.. gona plug out 4 speakers n pasang back my another old amp for that.. would be sufficient for now... :rolleyes: if too desperate the i'l get the kicker zx650.4 super awesome.. thanx bro for the advice..

 

[^pomen_GTR^]

for a 4channel amp if me i would only put 4speakers max...

amp too hot maybe a sign of a heavily loaded amp....probably not to the limit..but might be very near of the limit....


but one simple solution would be DIY some small cooling fan which would help a lot.. (one of my fren go to extreme that he upgrade the power output of his amp including put additional cooling fan onto the modded amp built)

 

[raizenraj]

dammm cooling fan sumore... modding amp... shud be a genius.. :top:

 

[^pomen_GTR^]

dammm cooling fan sumore... modding amp... shud be a genius.. :top:

haha..


he is truly a hardcore DIY-ers...be it his car or his bike...everything also want to do custom part...

 

[8voltpreout]

from your list of speakers. your amp is on 2 ohm mode all the time. Plus, all speaker are all under powered. Means:

Amp working too much power out but speaker getting not enough power in... In terms of long time.. Either one of your device will give up, either speakers / amplifier...

Think it like water system then you`ll understand....

Your car battery are your WATER DAM, alternator is your WATER PUMP, amplifier is your DISTRIBUTION WATER TANK + SECONDARY WATER PUMP, speakers are your WATER TAP. You do the math...

1 obvious question here.... How big is your Distribution Water Tank? Pressure enough?

P.S
Power cables & speaker wire are water pipes.