My amp is getting incredibly hot from being in my trunk in pounding so hard (I'm sure you all are familiar), so much so that it broke one of the solder joints inside of the amp and I needed to re-solder it for the amp to work again. Anyway, I can barely turn my volume up past half without my subs cutting out every 5 seconds. I guess thats because it has the overheat protection thing or whatever. Any suggestions on how I could cool the amp down?

*note*- I'm obviously not very good with electronics, and my system is definitely nothing to brag about

 

What kind of amp? And does it do it when you first start it up?

 

you can get a more powerful bass amp. or turn that gain down, or get a decent size 12v fan that you can get from a computer store, and add a relay and tag it to the remote wire, so it draws some heat away from the amp.

 

Before we can troubleshoot the problem: What is your set up?
Amp brand and wattage
Subs (how many, impedance load)
Wire size, etc, etc....

 

Did you fix the over heating problem?

 

Sounds like your subwoofers are configured at an impedence too low for your amplifier to handle. Check the specs of your amp...your subs may be too much for the amp to handle in their current configuration. Are they bridged and at what ohm? Start there. The amp is getting hot for a reason, most of the time is overexertion...

 

+1
need to look at the system as a whole before you can make any decisions.

unless it's one of the old school Orion HCCA amps that can run a 1/2 ohm load all day long. and even then, they'd get hot as hell too...

 

no reply from the op yet. so heres what i would do. get the biggest bag of ice possible, get some wood, and use the wood to prop the ice bags up...pile it on the amp. let it melt all over the amp. that'd keep it cool.