blew out a dayton 12" ho

[wettems35 10+ year member]

I recently purchased a dayton 12" ho dvc and I had it installed yesterday. I must have used it for about an hr before it blew out. The rms is 700 and max is 1200 watts. I was only using a 800 watt boston amp. Do you guys have any idea on how this happened? Any one have a similar experience?

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[sobe3yourself. 10+ year member]

what kind of settings and what enclosure?

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

Probably clipped it...

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

It was my enclosure, and it was sealed. My guess is clipped generating heat.

 

[wettems35 10+ year member]

It was a sealed box made by pro-rabbit. As for the settings I'm not sure how the installer guy set it. This is my first sound system ever so I am a complete noob when it comes to anything regarding car audio.

 

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btw, thanks for the box prorabbit. it sounded amazing up until it went out lol

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

there are a lot of people that have problems with them failing. My guess is installer set gain by ear and he killed the sensitive sub.

 

[wettems35 10+ year member]

well that *****. I loved the sound for the time it lasted. Im guessing going with a different sub is my best bet. What's something similar that goes well in a sealed box?

 

[JoshC 10+ year member]

SSA DCON, TC sound epic... I also hear DD 1500 series like sealed boxes

You can get the tc sounds epic on partsexpress, and dcon on ssa

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

Probably clipped it...

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[microhaxo 10+ year member]

Any decent installer would have tuned it using a 0db tone. Even if it was tuned to 800w (unlikely on that amp) you shouldn't have hit that constantly on music for more than 2 or 3 seconds max as most music is generally recorded at -3 to -6db with some exceptions on bass hits reaching 0db.

Blowing the sub in mere hours to me says that A: the installer didnt know what the hell they were doing or B: You turned it up much louder than it was setup for, or turned up the bass boost.

 

[wettems35 10+ year member]

Microhaxo u seem to be right. I went back to check the subwoofer level and it was at 3db. And that's what the installer set it as on the HU. If it is clipped, is there any way to fix it? Or am I better off just getting a new speaker

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

hmm, i had two of the tens on 1400rms with no problems, must have had the gain cranked

 

[duanebro 10+ year member]

I'd like to know why it failed so quickly. Was the amp or sub defective? I will guess that the sub failed do to over heating. But if it were my sub I would find out what happened before installing another sub.

 

[wettems35 10+ year member]

I'd like to know why it failed so quickly. Was the amp or sub defective? I will guess that the sub failed do to over heating. But if it were my sub I would find out what happened before installing another sub.

I'll take it to get checked next week to see what the problem was. As far as it overheating, how do you prevent that?

And the amp and sub were brand new, idk what could have happened. Idk how to check if the amp is defective

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

Keep your bass settings on the HU at 0 and set the gains with an oscope or dmm

Ive been running mine for some months now with zero issues.