Boot over the magnet?

[kuijo 10+ year member]

I just got new subs. i've never had new subs before. ANd i've got a question. Theres a little rubber type boot over the magnet in the back.. do.. i take that off?

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[jsloan10 10+ year member]

Not usually, does it block any of the vents on the back?, if not it should be fine.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

some kind of Q adjustment?

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

No it doesn't block any vents. I'm wiring my voice coils together, is there anywhere were i don't want this wire to touch on the sub when i put it in the box?

 

[jsloan10 10+ year member]

Just make sure it doesn't short out against the frame or bundle up into the cone area.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Yeah, you don't want the wires to touch anywhere except in the terminals. You are using insulated wire, right //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

The boot is strictly cosmetic. Both my e12a.22 and TC9 prototype had rubber boots on them...just a cosmetic touch.

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

Alright cool thanks. Haha ya i'm using some left over speaker wire. That would **** to use just bare wire. THanks for yalls help.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

My DAT M6 has a boot surrounding the magnet, too. Was told by the dealer it's purely cosmetic and serves no mechanical purpose at all and removing it (if such is your preference) would make no difference in the sub's operation whatsoever.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

x2. just protects the mag

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

Most of the Adire subs have it too. Both my Shiva's and my DPL (shiva in disguise) have them.

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

how does my wiring look? negative to negative, postive to positive. then hook speaker wire negative to one negative terminal. positive to one positive terminal.

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

you mean like the rl-p has on its magnet? it has a rubber paivce that covers the sides of the magnet where some subs like a xxx just have bare magnets. not sure what the purpose/advantage is to having or not having it on there but i left mine on my es'x rl-p with no problems

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

ya, thats what those are RL-i 10"... Can anyone help me out with the wiring above.. Did i do it right?

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

i usually have the + to one side of sub and - to the other side from the amp.

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

i'll make a new thread