What's that smell???

So as a couple of you mite know i recently fixed my amplifier by replacing a capacitor inside of it. Ever since i've put it back in my car, when i blast it (as in the roof of my car is flexing kinda blasting) i begin to smell what reminds me of the wonderful aroma of new electronics when you open the box and give it a little whiff near any openings in the case of whatever it is you just bought. Now ive placed the amp in a different spot then before. Its mounted behind the seat in the same area as the subs. So im not sure if that smell is coming from the amp and the subs are pushing it toward the front of the car, or if its coming form the subs them selves. I smell it every time i crank the tunes and get those 12's jumping out of there skin.. There's no distortion what so ever, everything sounds great. The amp gets hot but it always did and i believe thats because the actual case of the amp is one giant heat sink so its bound to get hot either way. The only difference in the amp from the last time it was in the vehicle is the new capacitor inside of it which i stated before, and i put much more thermal compound on the heat sinks then what was on them when i opened it up for the first time. Any idea on what it is, or if its good/bad? I dont think its a bad thing, i actually enjoy the smell since it reminds me of new toys =D but just to be safe i thought id ask.

P.S The amp is an infinity 1211a and the subs are 12" dvq infinity kappa perfect's

 

Only way i could do that is if i decided to re run all the wires to the amp which i don't think ill be doing. Everything's under the carpet and doesnt show until its rite at the amp. If its the voice coils could i be in danger of damaging them?

This thing gets so hot after pushing it non stop for a while that you seriously cant hold your hand on it for more then a few seconds. I look at it just like you, if its hot it means the heat sinks are doing there jobs =D

= Cool looking frying pan after 15minutes of blasting

 

Well since i tend to listen to some Young Jeezy and many of his songs have bass so low my sealed box literally produces no sound other then hearing the woofers jump the box around, i hear zero distorting at all so im gunna go with viking and say all is well there!. As far as my thermal compound job..when i was done i could of swore i got the urge to go get a cinnamon bun with extra frosting when i was done =D

 

There's 2 reasons i know of that confirm that for cpu's. 1: To much compound such as arctic silver and similar types of compound like that are conductive, so to much means its going to ooze out from the heat sink, hit the board around the CPU, and bye bye birdie

2: You want to leave as smooth and even of a layer as possible for EVEN heat-transfer on the processor. Hot spots can cause pretty nasty damage without you knowing until its to late..

Now i did use a pretty large amount of compound under the transistors BUT it was even and any excess smudge was wiped off after i tightened down the "clamps". It's hard to explain without showing you a picture/video of how the heat sink "clamping" system i guess you could call it, worked in this amp, but heat was definitely transferred above and below the transistors and there was no thermal compound on top of the transistors when i opened it, so i slapped a bunch on top also, just like you'd do with a cpu (minus the bottom). Thanks for the headups tho!

 

Sealed box =0. I know, i know =\

 

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