Agreed, 15 watts dead key is way too much, like posted above set the dead key at no more than 2 to 2.5 watts and try it there. You are going to kill that thing. I run a magna force 350HD and I use a dead key setting of 2.5 watts swinging to around 60-70. Works good, and the amp never gets warm.
My DK is 2 watts but it does swing to 15 watts modulation. How do you get the 148 to not swing so high with audio, except for turning the dynamic way down? I just replaced the covers on the 148 with diamond plate aluminum and checked a few things on the board and one audio diode is clipped maybe that's why it swings so much. I hesitate to touch anything I get compliments from everyone on the loud and clean audio and can communicate when signals go under 1-S unit because of the hard driving audio.