blew my voice coil?

[snow96 10+ year member]

here's what happened....I re-wired my subs to run at 4 ohm so i could hook them up in series to make my amp run at 2 ohm power becuz i ohm power was too much for the subs...so today my amp started cuttin on and off so when i checked 1 sub was still working and one was not...took everything out and rewired subs again at 2 ohm and ran them off both channels on the amp and now 1 is playin good and the other is rattling.....any suggestions....

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[draarong2004 10+ year member]

check the tinsel leads....

 

[snow96 10+ year member]

the leads are fine...the speaker is playing at a real low level and when it hits it rattles...

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Grab a DMM and measure the coils.

That'll let you know if they are blown or not.

Set the DMM to measure resistance and connect the DMM leads directly to the subwoofer's terminals.

It should read just below the coil's nominal impedance (i.e. if the coil has an impedance of 4ohm, it'll probably read 3.X ohm on the DMM).

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

recheck you wires and make sure they are connected right

 

[draarong2004 10+ year member]

recheck you wires and make sure they are connected right

i think this is beyond that, he already stated he checked em //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Grab a DMM and measure the coils.That'll let you know if they are blown or not.

Set the DMM to measure resistance and connect the DMM leads directly to the subwoofer's terminals.

It should read just below the coil's nominal impedance (i.e. if the coil has an impedance of 4ohm, it'll probably read 3.X ohm on the DMM).

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Take the above-referenced step first before proceeding any further. Likely that will provide you with all the information you need //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[snow96 10+ year member]

ok will try that..if it is blown would it be cheaper to just replace the whole speaker itself or to replace the coil....

 

[xpl0it 10+ year member]

depends whether you're running funkypups or XXXs now doesn't it? Since you have L5s, drop Kicker an email, see what they'll do.