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Amp gets hot fast, then protects.


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I've got a Audio Technix AT 800.1 D and i noticed the last day before i tore my system out of my old car, that the amp would get blazing hot, in a matter of 5 minutes, then protect. its just at the mosfets on the flat side of the heatsink. everything else seems to be normal temp for them. so i hooked it up today on a single 12, at 1 ohm, gain half, just doing a test bump, same thing, 5 mins of play time at lower levels, just that one side of the amp gets warm and protects. so... whats messed up in it?

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Or it could be you set the gain at half instead of making sure it's sending out a clean signal and not stressing itself out.

On 11/20/2012 at 8:54 PM, AMI CUSTOMS said:

Turned mine up today at a light, guy next to me his steering wheel started moving and he looked over at me like I was a magician lol.

On 5/9/2012 at 8:45 PM, skittlesRgood said:

fuck the plating. look at what the main metal used is. you could buy unicorn blood plated terminals but if its just covering up dog shit, whats the point

On 4/10/2013 at 12:26 PM, mrd6 said:

I'll admit, half way through sanding that fiberglass in the rain and cold while I was all itchy I was definitely starting to question why i was doing this haha

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amps junk, did some poking around, the fets have been replaced before. solder joints look like a kid did them. maybe if i fix em up it'll help

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I got a lemon from Audio Technix. It would get super hot, but never go into protect. We didn't figure it out until I sold it to a buddy as BNIB. After we installed it, I asked if he wanted to send it back. He said as long as it keeps playing he would keep using it. It has lasted for over six months, but I swear you could fry an egg on that thing.

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