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<blockquote data-quote="i2ain2thunder" data-source="post: 7591567" data-attributes="member: 631331"><p>Now say you have a 2000 watt RMS amplifier and you have the gain on it set to output 2000 watts.&nbsp; Now you hooked up some subs that can handle that power and you are bumping to some rap.&nbsp; What happens everytime the subwoofers hit hard on those low bass notes it takes a toll on your electrical system.&nbsp; The amplifier is sending 2000watts of power to the subs clean for the first few notes but if you watch your voltage anywhere in the electrical circuit say at the battery you will notice as more bass gets played your voltage will likely drop from 14.5 volts lower and lower and lower, if you reach below say 12 volts now all of the sudden your amplifier is trying to make 2000 watts however it no longer has the voltage to do this properly...say it drops down to 10 volts.&nbsp; This is a very dangerous situation and this is in fact how most newbies to car audio end up blowing their first set of subwoofers.&nbsp; When an amplifier is no longer getting enough voltage to produce it&#039;s rated power it will try anyway and will fail to do so properly instead of the amp sending 2000 watts of a clean signal now it is sending what we call a dirty signal.&nbsp; This dirty signal forces your subwoofer to heat up at it&#039;s coil and not operated normally, if the coil gets hot enough you will start to smell a burning scent the very start of the smell is usually the glue on the coil getting very hot this is a bad sign, because next the coil will litterally get way hotter then it is made to handle and will the coil will literally fry and the sub will be what we call blown...or no longer operable.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="i2ain2thunder, post: 7591567, member: 631331"] Now say you have a 2000 watt RMS amplifier and you have the gain on it set to output 2000 watts. Now you hooked up some subs that can handle that power and you are bumping to some rap. What happens everytime the subwoofers hit hard on those low bass notes it takes a toll on your electrical system. The amplifier is sending 2000watts of power to the subs clean for the first few notes but if you watch your voltage anywhere in the electrical circuit say at the battery you will notice as more bass gets played your voltage will likely drop from 14.5 volts lower and lower and lower, if you reach below say 12 volts now all of the sudden your amplifier is trying to make 2000 watts however it no longer has the voltage to do this properly...say it drops down to 10 volts. This is a very dangerous situation and this is in fact how most newbies to car audio end up blowing their first set of subwoofers. When an amplifier is no longer getting enough voltage to produce it's rated power it will try anyway and will fail to do so properly instead of the amp sending 2000 watts of a clean signal now it is sending what we call a dirty signal. This dirty signal forces your subwoofer to heat up at it's coil and not operated normally, if the coil gets hot enough you will start to smell a burning scent the very start of the smell is usually the glue on the coil getting very hot this is a bad sign, because next the coil will litterally get way hotter then it is made to handle and will the coil will literally fry and the sub will be what we call blown...or no longer operable. [/QUOTE]

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