12" Type X

[jdeaton]

Any idea how much power one of these can handle safely for 1+ hour periods at a time?

thanks

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[Tonyguy 10+ year member]

anything under 1k

 

[jdeaton]

thanks

 

[cotjones 10+ year member]

you gotta be careful...

as far as thermal handling yes it should be fine with 1000 watts, but look out for mechanical handling...

in the spec sheet the sub has a min./max. enclosure recommendation...

the sub is designed to handle more toward 1000 watts at the minimum enclosure size....

but at the maximum enclosure size 500 watts is getting risky...

i know because i had a friend with 2 12'' type-x's in a box close to the maximum range and he tore his "beefy" spiders to shreds with under 750 watts and well under an hour!

so don't just go throwing a stack of watts at it without considering enclosure type and size...

they are equally as important as motor strength

 

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

I had a friend with a Denali that shattered his windshield with a 13w7 and a JL 500/1. He was hitting like 170db.

 

[tEh koRnDog 5,000+ posts]

I had a friend with a Denali that shattered his windshield with a 13w7 and a JL 500/1. He was hitting like 170db.

no way dude!

 

[cotjones 10+ year member]

I had a friend with a Denali that shattered his windshield with a 13w7 and a JL 500/1. He was hitting like 170db.

thats a great way to follow up a perfectly logical and helpful post with idiotic bullshit... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif

 

[Orio5 10+ year member]

I had a friend with a Denali that shattered his windshield with a 13w7 and a JL 500/1. He was hitting like 170db.

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[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

thats a great way to follow up a perfectly logical and helpful post with idiotic bullshit... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif

Dude I was being completely serious. Why you getting all offended Cot? JL is the shit man. So are Sony amps man. You don't got that shit, you aint bumpin homie. Cot your a ****ing baller, I wish I could be just like you.

 

[ricksmx01 10+ year member]

i had around 1300 on mine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

it was fine

 

[Worlddre 5,000+ posts]

you gotta be careful...
as far as thermal handling yes it should be fine with 1000 watts, but look out for mechanical handling...

in the spec sheet the sub has a min./max. enclosure recommendation...

the sub is designed to handle more toward 1000 watts at the minimum enclosure size....

but at the maximum enclosure size 500 watts is getting risky...

i know because i had a friend with 2 12'' type-x's in a box close to the maximum range and he tore his "beefy" spiders to shreds with under 750 watts and well under an hour!

so don't just go throwing a stack of watts at it without considering enclosure type and size...

they are equally as important as motor strength

there were obviously other problems in that particular instance

i have done numerous installs featuring type x's the latest of which had a pair in a bit large the recommended enclosure ported seeing the full power of a pdx1.1000 each and no issues whatsoever.....

to the op....they are inefficient bastards so the closer you get to the 1kw the better

 

[cotjones 10+ year member]

there were obviously other problems in that particular instance
i have done numerous installs featuring type x's the latest of which had a pair in a bit large the recommended enclosure ported seeing the full power of a pdx1.1000 each and no issues whatsoever.....

to the op....they are inefficient bastards so the closer you get to the 1kw the better

exactly! you said it was a ported enclosure seeing the full power of a pdx1.1000

#1 it's ported increasing efficiency, and decreasing the cone movement to output ratio... making it handle more power mechanically, in which case 1000 watts should be just fine...

#2 you are rarely going to see a full 1000 watts from those amps... esspecially with 2 of them in the car, if there are no electrical upgrades even with the gains set really high, they just don't put out 1000 every minute

my friend i spoke of had his in a sealed box around 3 cubes... 1 cube over the max. recommended and had been told the same thing you said... "they are efficiency nightmares so give em 1000.." doing so pushed them into mechanical faliure... so in that instance a faulty enclousure was obviously to blame but the point of my post was that subs handle different amounts of power in different enclosures... don't just go throwing 1000 watts out them without considering all factors... in other words "don't be stupid"