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

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

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?

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.

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

yeah a computer fan will work...

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

thanks dude that will def help

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

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

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

i dont think you need that

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