DC Level 3 Tinsel Viciously Ripped Off...

[ascitiesburn69 10+ year member]

Well A few days ago i noticed my sub noticeably quieter than normal but didn't get around to taking it out...Then yesterday I pulled it out the box and found this violently ripped off lead...

Is there any way to fix this without sending it in? The lead is frayed too much to solder back as is, but I was wondering about buying a replacement from TeamPSI and resoldering. Is it difficult to do? and is it possible without taking the cone off? I know I would take the Dustcap off but are they just soldered in there?

Just as a BTW....I touched the lead back to the solder joint and the length seems noticeably shorter than the other one that is still intact. Like the other one has slack in it as shown in the pic but the ripped one almost runs in a straight line to the solder joint. Not saying that its anyones fault or anything but just wondering if that was more than likely the cause.

and I had to put my type argh back in

FML....

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[Mattd0344 10+ year member]

haha..dam that sucks! I don't think you can fix that man...recone!

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

depends how good you are.

Remove DC and scrape of glue holding tinsel lead down.

Desolder the old lead and remove.

Replace lead, solder and reglue it to the cone.

Solder lead to terminal.

Test and if it works reglue dustcap.

 

[ascitiesburn69 10+ year member]

thats what i figured. The suspension is kinda loose anyways. I'm wondering if I should get a kit from TeamPSI or from DC though...

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

how much power are you using...

 

[ascitiesburn69 10+ year member]

a sundown 1200d @2ohms so around 850ishwatts

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

a sundown 1200d @2ohms so around 850ishwatts

how old is it? are you clipping it? That sub looks worn out man.

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

a sundown 1200d @2ohms so around 850ishwatts

how did you set your gains?

My level 3's are getting upwards of 900rms a piece and laugh at it. sundown 3500 @ 1 ohm

 

[ascitiesburn69 10+ year member]

what exactly looks worn out? but I bought them used from teamsolo who was using 2 saz3000s on 4 of them but it was a good price for two of them so i figured they weren't too bad

P.S. Eff buying used subs, not worth it to me...

 

[thericanballer 10+ year member]

that sucks man. hope you can fix it. if not, recone //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

Looks like both leads have gotten hot and I see signs of lots o' tinsel slap.

 

[grassroots 10+ year member]

that's from playing under tuning without a properly set SSF... get sewn leads with your next recone...

 

[thericanballer 10+ year member]

that's from playing under tuning without a properly set SSF... get sewn leads with your next recone...

this

 

[ascitiesburn69 10+ year member]

I had my ssf set, and more than likely it didn't like 1500+watts getting thrown at it.... and was waiting to go

What is the correct way to set the ssf? With a dmm? O-Scope? Or some other way?

 

[grassroots 10+ year member]

a good rule of thumb is no lower than 10hz below box tuning...