I was driving along and my bass cut out, I figured the fuse blew or something but when I went to check it was fine. and just jiggled the amp and it came back on.
I noticed that BOTH my amps were hot as all hell.
Is this normal?? maybe I'll slap some little 12V computer fans on to cool, but if this isn't normal I'll check and re-do my wiring...

ALL feedback welcome.

 

my amp never gets warm to the touch

alpine MRV-F340 mounted under teh drivers seat

 

My 300w JL gets really hot, but the 1600w no-name sub amp doesn't even get warm.

 

Maybe I'll re-check my wiring... just doesnt seem right to me.. thanx

 

maybe the load that you are puttin is too low for the amp. ex....1 ohm, 2 ohm or 4 ohm stable.

 

well I have a Sony CDx600 (or 610) Head unit. That's hooked up to a Sony 4Ch Amp that is powering my front and rear 3 way (sony again) speakers. That NEVER gave me any trouble and I never really noticed if it got too hot.

That head unit has a separate output for a sub. I ran this to a Jensen Amp

I have it Bridged pushing a 10" sub (can't remember the brand but its a decent one - great sound).
- EDIT -
I do remember having looked up data on the sub when I first got it and believe its rated up to like 1000w, and I vaguely remember the RMS rating, believe it was somewhere in the neighborhood of 800w but don't quote me.

Before power gets to the Amps I have a 1 Farad cap and a fuse block. I will admit that the wiring is a little shoddy, I don't have a garage and when I wired up the Cap, Fuse block and Jensen I did it in the rain tucking myself in the car with insufficient wire, hence there are splices.

My thoughts before I read your reply was that it could be due to an insufficient ground.... but I'm more than willing to look into the Ohm side of things, eventhough I'm more than unfamiliar with that stuff.

 

My kicker 800w amp gets pretty hot to the touch if its been on all day

 

Some amps just get hot.
My Alpine F405, F505 and 1005 get hot enough to melt the carpet.

 

a lot of amps get very hot, it doesnt really mean anything, JL's are known to get hot but not known to go into protection, usually the amp will go into protection if it gets too hot