Blown RSD Tweeter / Melted Crossover (pics)

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

well, i was outside cleaning the car up a bit had my music going a little bit, not that loud though.. and when i got around to the driver side i noticed a little difference in the music.. so i closed my doors sat and listened, i realized not as much was coming from the passenger side, as far as highs, so i pulled the sail panel and noticed the tweet "appeared" to be fine, so i went and did the same to the driver side tweeter, i couldnt bare to touch it, it must have been 150º +.. but it was still playing music, so i went back to the passenger side and noticed its not, so i pulled the passenger side cross over and find that the plastic casing is melted, *the mids still played 100%*, so it seems the tweet must have been blown, for some time now and i just realized it, however i think the driver side is about to go as well because it is now getting fairly hot and the casing on the crossover is starting to melt just a little..:

oh and heres pics //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

passenger crossover:

and for those who have RSD components, you should know this hole, is not supposed to be here:

heres the inside of my melted (passenger) crossover:

the 2 white things just above the +2dB switch are VERY hot as well, this is what is melting the plastic on the crossover

now heres the driver side crossover:

as you can see, this one is beginning to melt, but not as bad as the other side is.

the white things above the switch are moderatly warm, not as bad though as the other side

im only putting about 80 rms to each side //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

the tweet is blown, i did confirm that, so the crossover isnt blown at all so now i just need new tweets for now until i can just buy a good pair of comps for up front

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[kizz 10+ year member]

craziness. what would cause that?

 

[its_bacon12 10+ year member]

The white things are resistors. Musta shorted the crossover and/or tweeter.

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

The white things are resistors. Musta shorted the crossover and/or tweeter.

only the tweeter, i hooked up my stock one to it and it worked so the tweeter is whats blown

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

oh yeah, and someone recommend me a pair of tweets, 1" that can get fairly loud and sound good off about 80rms, well 40, 80 to the crossover

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

its still getting 80 watts.

all the xover does is split what speaker gets what frequency.

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watch for clipping, it will heat them up like so....never seen one that bad though

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

I've heard of this happening before too.

 

[Stephen_c 10+ year member]

i gave mine 185w with no problems

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

my amp is rated @ 100 x 2 @ 4 ohms, but its over rated so i assumed around 80 or so but i know it shouldnt be doing that much :/ i backed off the gain so its only about 1/3 the way up compared to the 1/2 i had it at before

but what would be a good tweeter to get? ill just get a pair while im at it, still use the crossovers and mids, love the mids.. that wont run me a fortune, something that can sound loud, crisp, and clear.. i didnt really like these tweeters that much anyway..

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

water could have done it

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

they have no exposure to water

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

oh i thought they were inside the doors

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

no, i thought about it when i installed them but their inside the vehicle above the trim in my foot wells almost in the dash about

 

[JEXTEL 10+ year member]

same thing happened to my RSDs.....i hope this doesnt happen again because im ordering 1 more set of RSDs

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

i love the mids, but the tweets are junk IMO, i need new tweets but dunno what to get