ok so i got a small stereo system in my vl 6 x 9 's in the back and 6 x 6's in the front but my amp keeps over heating wot ideas has anyone else had with keeping the amp cool i was thinking of having a laptop platform cooler and sticking that underneath it but then i would have to do something about the power supply so wot has everyone else done to keep it cool? thnx in advance Paul

turn the gains down

what amp are ya runnin?

Is it a BOSS amp?

i have turned both the gains down to about 1/4 now and it still gets rather hot. its a blaupunkt amp.

Whats the rating on the head unit, speakers and amp? What gauge wiring are you using?

Where is it sitting exactly?

uh ok hmm whos first hmm. ok front speakers are 300watts each 6 x 6 rear speakers are 250watts each 6 x 9 um amp is 320watt x 2 (baby) h/u is 40watt x 4 (i think) could be 50watt x 4 and im using 8 gauge wire. wot else im wondering now i know all of you are going to laugh your asses of at me but i couldnt figure out how else to do it. ok i only have one set of rca's coming from my h/u cuz on the back it only has front L R SW R wot the hell where do the rear speakers plug in??????? so i just ran the one set of rca's to the amp and joined the front and rear speakers wires together. ok yea have a laugh i dont care lol.anywayanyone got any ideas on how to re-wire that like i mean how do i plug the second set of rca's into the back of my h/u???? i cant plug them in as subs cuz they arent subs so.............??????????

gett a splitter that makes 1 set of rca cable go to being to lines

Quote: Originally Posted by 17YR_VL_B uh ok hmm whos first hmm. ok front speakers are 300watts each 6 x 6 rear speakers are 250watts each 6 x 9 um amp is 320watt x 2 (baby) h/u is 40watt x 4 (i think) could be 50watt x 4 and im using 8 gauge wire. wot else im wondering now i know all of you are going to laugh your asses of at me but i couldnt figure out how else to do it. ok i only have one set of rca's coming from my h/u cuz on the back it only has front L R SW R wot the hell where do the rear speakers plug in??????? so i just ran the one set of rca's to the amp and joined the front and rear speakers wires together. ok yea have a laugh i dont care lol.anywayanyone got any ideas on how to re-wire that like i mean how do i plug the second set of rca's into the back of my h/u???? i cant plug them in as subs cuz they arent subs so.............?????????? if i decifered that right, your running a TWO channel amp yes? running FOUR speakers?? is that correct? So meaning your running your little amp at a 2ohm stereo mode? Instead of its usual 4ohm. If thats how it is, that is why your amp is overheating and cutting out. Place it in a better place for cooling, or if that doesn't help the cutting out. I'd suggest just running 2 speakers off it like it was designed to do. Run the 6x9's off the amp and run the 6's off the headunit. Overheating should stop then because it will only be running 4ohm... Ush

yea i guess it might cool it down if get a splitter so then i could get that to work then the amp would run better i guess and it wouldnt have so much strain. and there is no where else i can put it? its up on that raised part at the back of my boot.

use the emp

run your 6x9`s off the deck and the fronts of the amp.

Quote: Originally Posted by 17YR_VL_B yea i guess it might cool it down if get a splitter so then i could get that to work then the amp would run better i guess and it wouldnt have so much strain. and there is no where else i can put it? its up on that raised part at the back of my boot. You can't use splitters on a 2 channel amp, well you can, but it would make no sense to. Re-thinking what i said earlier, do what was said above, run the front 6's off the amp, and run the 6x9's off the headunit! Best soundstage then. By taking one set of speakers off the amp (only running 2, not 4) is the only way your going to reduce the load on the amp and make it run cooler. That will stop the amp overheating. Ush

just DO IT

get a fan

yea i guesss sounds like a good idea and i already get good sound except my front right speaker seems to hmm well not rattle but vibrate when it hits a low note and i seem to be the only on that can hear it? so i was thinking of stuffing some foam behind it but then what would happen if something went wrong and it sparked? so maybe this isnt a good idea wot else could i do to stop that vibration in the door???? and the bolts that hold the door pod on are just long enough so im not taking it off cuz its a prick to get it back on! i have taken the speaker out since then and tightened all the 4 bolts that i have put there to hold the pod on and the noise is still there? so i dunno i figure something out and DJTwitch im still working on freight costs for those rims.

Quote: Originally Posted by 17YR_VL_B yea i guesss sounds like a good idea and i already get good sound except my front right speaker seems to hmm well not rattle but vibrate when it hits a low note and i seem to be the only on that can hear it? so i was thinking of stuffing some foam behind it but then what would happen if something went wrong and it sparked? so maybe this isnt a good idea wot else could i do to stop that vibration in the door???? and the bolts that hold the door pod on are just long enough so im not taking it off cuz its a prick to get it back on! i have taken the speaker out since then and tightened all the 4 bolts that i have put there to hold the pod on and the noise is still there? so i dunno i figure something out and DJTwitch im still working on freight costs for those rims. The vibrating may not be in the actual door, it may be the speaker bottoming out on the low notes and clipping (a type of distortion) when you re-do the amp, running which ever set off it, just take a little bit of the bass away from the front speakers (whether they are on the amp or on the deck) see if that makes a difference. You should only need to change it by one or 2 to note a difference. It may only be happening in the one speaker because they are not all made exactly the same and it may be slightly weaker. If it is rattle, it could be from the locking mechanism in the door, it could be the speakerwire behind it or it may even be the plastic stripping on the outside of the door that rattles like it used to on the passenger side of my vl.... if there is anything else i can help with, just gimme a yell and i'll see what else i can do for ya mate... I don't claim to know it all about audio, but i'll see what i can do. Ush

Maybe your EMP went off?

Quote: Originally Posted by DJTwitch Hey Paulish Give this a go before u go takin **** apart again - Setup ur EQ so the Majority of the bass is Sent to the 6x9's and so then ur Run ur 6's With More Treeble, should be able to get a decent sound then. I dont think ur 6 inch speakers are powerfull enough to start Vibrating **** in ur door man. so give that a ago before u pull everything apart again! Also, do me a favour man, Stick them berlina Rims on ur car and take me a pic, I wanna see what they look like! Chat on MSN soon Bro! If he is running a 2 channel amp, he's not going to beable to set up his EQ to run more bass to the 6x9's over the 6's. From what i can figure, he's running a single left and right signal to the amp (from the RCAs), with this, its plugged into his amp. His front and rear right it joined to the + and - right channel, and his front and rear left is joined to the + and - left channel. If changed on the deck or on the amp, the signal is going to go to all 4 speakers exactly the same beacuse there is no distinction between front and rear. Only left and right. There would be no front to back fader ability, only left to right. I'm sorry if i'm getting this completely wrong, just doing my best to try and help out. Ush