over heating deck?

Survey says---Yes

With larger and larger amplifiers being thrown into the same size chassis, this creates more and more heat. With the majority of users on a site like this being younger, they tend to listen to things longer and louder. This in turn equals a higher heat signature on the amps heatsink (which in most cases is tiny). Then you couple the limited airspace in the dashboard and lack of airflow with the climate control system or summer months and you have a recipe for burning your hand.

Remember that heat is a natural byproduct of producing power. It is always going to be there in a circumstance like this. A side note however is that some amplifiers with a piss poor protection circuit may also be showing a dead short somewhere, this in turn is also going to throw a whole crapola of heat into the mix as well.

hi,

not to mention where the radio is positioned in the dash.....dark dashboard, radio up high in dash, sunny day......you get the idea.

mark