18" fi bl fully loaded hot

[jstinbc 10+ year member]

ok so i was drivin to work last night and was listening to the power supply cd bass boom bottom and when i got to work i smelt something like burning so i turned my bass of touch my dust cap and it was hot!!! my work is a half hour drive from home and i have a sundown saz 1500d powering it. its wired to 2 ohm (dual 1 ohm) and now it gets hot when i listen to the power supply cd for only a few seconds

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[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

Your gain is probably too high

 

[jstinbc 10+ year member]

but shouldnt a speaker like that take all of it

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

no not if youre clipping it

how high is the gain? i bet since its at 2 ohms you have it pretty high to get it as loud as you want.

 

[jstinbc 10+ year member]

yes it was maxed out then after your response took it down to about 1/2-3/4 sounds better and dosent get hot thanks but i still like how loud it was with that gain maxed out just not the way it got hot lol

 

[MrSwiss 10+ year member]

classic case of someone with great equipment and no idea how to use it.

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

yes it was maxed out then after your response took it down to about 1/2-3/4 sounds better and dosent get hot thanks but i still like how loud it was with that gain maxed out just not the way it got hot lol

try the amp at .5 ohm.

 

[I Like Waffle]

try the amp at .5 ohm.

x2.

 

[jstinbc 10+ year member]

classic case of someone with great equipment and no idea how to use it.

thanks for calling my equipment great it makes me feel good //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif and you are right i dont really know how to use it thats why i spend countless hours of my days on this website lookin for ideas and stuff to save for. see i dont know what clipping is what bottoming out is or none of that crap. but i bet when you first started out in car audio you didnt know what any of those things meant. im trying to learn its my passion its my dream to one day have a true bass machine that will put up 150+ on a tl mic. idk why its just somethin about that bass you can fell rattle your insides, make your brain shake, and everything else about it i just love bass. but im always open to listening to new ideas from most of the people on this forum that aint stuck up a-holes who just make fun of you

 

[jstinbc 10+ year member]

try the amp at .5 ohm.

yea i've thought about it but with no eletrical upgrades its just to risky for me im savin up my moneys for a new battery to run at .5 ohm

 

[NDMstang65 10+ year member]

Do NOT wire it to .5ohm.

You'll either kill the amp or you'll be wondering about a recone...which might be a good thing anyhow so you can run the amp properly at 1ohm with a Dual 2ohm recone kit...

 

[jstinbc 10+ year member]

Do NOT wire it to .5ohm.
You'll either kill the amp or you'll be wondering about a recone...which might be a good thing anyhow so you can run the amp properly at 1ohm with a Dual 2ohm recone kit...

yea same thing i was thinkin but i dont really wanna drop the do on a recone after only havin the sub for not evin a week

 

[thericanballer 10+ year member]

classic case of someone with great equipment and no idea how to use it.

x2

 

[MakeshiftAudio 10+ year member]

*Facepalm.*

 

[jstinbc 10+ year member]

so why do you say i dont know how to use it