NotEnoughBass Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 i have the rockford fosgate r500-1. i have it mounted on the side of my box in the trunk. it is running at two ohms pushing a 15" lanzar max pro sub woofer. the gain is about halfway. it wont stop overheating and i don't know what to do. i have a crap load of 12 v computer fans but i don't know how to install them so they don't drain my battery. does anyone have any ideas? 1998 Jeep Cherokee Alpine HU Crunch Powerone 300.2 mid/highs + AP15001D bass Soon to be two OA18s Cadence coax and sony tweets Big three + All 1/0 wire Optima Yellow Top No hating on my ghetto system plz. (Im poor) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Fizzy Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Ground the fan to your amp ground, and plug the positive side into your amps remote turn on. Is it hot where you live? under construction I hate People with crappy primered cars rolling on hubcaps that are louder then me. u hate c-fizzy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotEnoughBass Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Ground the fan to your amp ground, and plug the positive side into your amps remote turn on. Is it hot where you live? its hot right now... i live in iowa so the average is like 85-90. it was over 95 everyday this week but this has been happening for a while. 1998 Jeep Cherokee Alpine HU Crunch Powerone 300.2 mid/highs + AP15001D bass Soon to be two OA18s Cadence coax and sony tweets Big three + All 1/0 wire Optima Yellow Top No hating on my ghetto system plz. (Im poor) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Fizzy Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 How's the bass boost on your amp? Double check the final ohm load too. under construction I hate People with crappy primered cars rolling on hubcaps that are louder then me. u hate c-fizzy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotEnoughBass Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 this is kinda off topic but what kinda db's do you think i can hit with 1800 watts rms pushing four 12" planet audio big bangs? 1998 Jeep Cherokee Alpine HU Crunch Powerone 300.2 mid/highs + AP15001D bass Soon to be two OA18s Cadence coax and sony tweets Big three + All 1/0 wire Optima Yellow Top No hating on my ghetto system plz. (Im poor) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigancapri92 Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 is the box carpeted ? does the amp have vents on the bottom of the amp and it being mounted to the box blocking the vents? try putting some spacers in between box and amp so air can flow under the amp, that should help Teamcapri.comThe TeamCapri 1992 Mercury Capri XR22012 FORD EDGE SQ BUILDOld build logMy FeedBack1992 Mercury capri XR2 Hyper LED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotEnoughBass Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 How's the bass boost on your amp? Double check the final ohm load too. the bass boost is also about halfway and i am running two 4 ohm voice coils parallel for a 2 ohm load. 1998 Jeep Cherokee Alpine HU Crunch Powerone 300.2 mid/highs + AP15001D bass Soon to be two OA18s Cadence coax and sony tweets Big three + All 1/0 wire Optima Yellow Top No hating on my ghetto system plz. (Im poor) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigancapri92 Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 this is kinda off topic but what kinda db's do you think i can hit with 1800 watts rms pushing four 12" planet audio big bangs? would need alot more info than that, way to many variables involved, car, type of box, size of box, ect Teamcapri.comThe TeamCapri 1992 Mercury Capri XR22012 FORD EDGE SQ BUILDOld build logMy FeedBack1992 Mercury capri XR2 Hyper LED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Fizzy Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Wait, has your amp been protecting? Or just getting hot? I had 2 r500.1's and they both ran hot. But never protected and they were fine. under construction I hate People with crappy primered cars rolling on hubcaps that are louder then me. u hate c-fizzy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Fizzy Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 How's the bass boost on your amp? Double check the final ohm load too. the bass boost is also about halfway and i am running two 4 ohm voice coils parallel for a 2 ohm load. Bass boost is a no no. Turn that all the way down. under construction I hate People with crappy primered cars rolling on hubcaps that are louder then me. u hate c-fizzy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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