Am i smelling glue from my sub or somethin else?

[Jakeeck 10+ year member]

i have a 15" IA LI and i played it pretty hard for about an hour last night and when i turned the car off i smelt it and then went to the trunk and felt the dustcap.. it was warm but not hot.. the sub is brand new and i hear many subs will have this when they are first used? (excess glue getting burned off)

amp is a hifonics 1208d wired at 2 ohms so the sub is getting 900w at the most.

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[SplMonty]

maybe.... VC GETTING HOT FTW! lol

 

[CRXBMPN 5,000+ posts]

whenever i beat on my subs i usually get that smell, it may not be excess glue but just GLUE, keep melting it off and have fun unspooling the voice coil from the pole lol

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

could be glue. or it could be clipping causing the coils to heat up more than it should.

 

[Jakeeck 10+ year member]

could be glue. or it could be clipping causing the coils to heat up more than it should.

i went to mlstrass's house last night and he said i was bottoming the sub out and possibly clipping it but we got it fixed.. i tried not to beat on it too much on the way home but today during a 5 min drive i could smell it... unless the scent was still trapped in my car from last night.. i forgot to feel the dustcap.. im gonna go for a quick 10 min drive and see if it heats up..

 

[Jakeeck 10+ year member]

went around the block played 2 heavy bass rap songs.. dust cap was mildly warm.. could still smell a little bit but i think the scent is trapped in my car from last night because i smelt it right when i got in the car

its hard to tell if im hurting something and i dont wanna ruin my sub =/

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

dunno what else to say. it could be playing under tuning? bass boost? i dono..

 

[Incriminator 10+ year member]

If everything is right its most likely burn off....we use a ton of glue to make sure the subs don't fail so don't be surprised if the first few days there a slight smell! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Thanks,

Nick

 

[Jakeeck 10+ year member]

dunno what else to say. it could be playing under tuning? bass boost? i dono..

idk i should be fine.. im only powering it with a hifonics 1200w amp wired at 2 ohms.. so 900 is rated.. and i doubt its getting rated.. the LI should be able to handle it

 

[Jakeeck 10+ year member]

If everything is right its most likely burn off....we use a ton of glue to make sure the subs don't fail so don't be surprised if the first few days there a slight smell! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
Thanks,

Nick

ok cool thanks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

if you have the gain cranked and you beat on it then it doesnt really matter if its only getting 900 watts. can be bad

 

[microhaxo 10+ year member]

If he has the gain cranked and his HU all the way up and its a 2v pre out unit then he is giving well over 900w, if the amp says 900w rms at 2 ohm you know it is not the max it can do, anyone can make a 500w rms amp do 1400w clipped easily.

Tis best to measure output via DMM and trust that the amp manufacturer is correct.

 

[Jakeeck 10+ year member]

If he has the gain cranked and his HU all the way up and its a 2v pre out unit then he is giving well over 900w, if the amp says 900w rms at 2 ohm you know it is not the max it can do, anyone can make a 500w rms amp do 1400w clipped easily.
Tis best to measure output via DMM and trust that the amp manufacturer is correct.

i have a 4v preout

 

[Jakeeck 10+ year member]

id say gain is cranked 85-90% and the HU is at 2/6

 

[eharri3 10+ year member]

Refresh my memory as I forget your amp's input sensitivity range from your other gain thread: 85-90% of WHAT???