15" CVR Smells weird

[sjedwards1984 10+ year member]

Its brand new only a week old. I will admit I have probably pushed it pretty good.. its only hooked up to a 500 watt amp. It doesnt smell like its burning. But it smells like hot glue/wood.. Its only when I turn it up

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[Lowflyin 10+ year member]

Too much power, mine did this also when I had 2 on 1500 watts.

 

[Fiendstolemyamp 10+ year member]

Is your gain set correctly? Might wanna back it off a bit. Does the cone of the sub feel hot?

 

[sjedwards1984 10+ year member]

500 watts is over powering it? arent they 500watts RMS and 1000watts max

The cone doesnt get hot.. The gain and bass boost are all the way up.

Is it better to turn it down and then turn it up on the head unit?

 

[Fiendstolemyamp 10+ year member]

The gain and bass boost are all the way up.

You are prob clipping the amp pretty bad, turn down both the gain & bass boost or you will most likely blow your sub.

 

[Fiendstolemyamp 10+ year member]

There should be a sticky somewhere on how to properly set your gain, or just do a search.

 

[sjedwards1984 10+ year member]

So even the trick is to turn the gains down and the head unit up?

i also have the loudness feature turned on, on my head unit, as well..

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

Make sure any bass boosts or loudness things are turned off. They introduce distortion (AKA Clipping). Clipping is what heats up your subs. To set your gain you'll a DMM and a 50hz test tone. The tutorial was posted above

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

500 watts is over powering it? arent they 500watts RMS and 1000watts max
The cone doesnt get hot.. The gain and bass boost are all the way up.

Is it better to turn it down and then turn it up on the head unit?

*raises red flag*

 

[sjedwards1984 10+ year member]

just went and turned the bass boost on the amp all the way down and set the gain about 3/4 the way up it still smells. Do you think because the box is new it could be that. It almost smells like hot glue/wood

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

just went and turned the bass boost on the amp all the way down and set the gain about 3/4 the way up it still smells. Do you think because the box is new it could be that. It almost smells like hot glue/wood

Probably still too high. Make sure you're not clipping from your head unit either. Don't set your gains at max volume. I'd do like 75%.

 

[sjedwards1984 10+ year member]

yeah about 75% is what i set it at. It doesnt sound distorted or like its clipping. Its actually pretty clean tight bass (which suprises me for a kicker since they are not known for sQ)

 

[maljr1980 10+ year member]

i think cuz its a cvr? is it a ported box? im pretty sure your manual says 5oorms for a selaed box, 350 or 400 for a ported. and your gain still may be to high, you need to match input voltage, and imo kicker subs arent the greatest quality and ive had some that dont even live up to their rms for very long

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

i think cuz its a cvr? is it a ported box? im pretty sure your manual says 5oorms for a selaed box, 350 or 400 for a ported. and your gain still may be to high, you need to match input voltage, and imo kicker subs arent the greatest quality and ive had some that dont even live up to their rms for very long

That's mechanical power handling, I believe.

 

[sjedwards1984 10+ year member]

its in a cheap pre-fab sealed box from sonicelectronix