did i break my sub?

[AndrewHilbert 10+ year member]

i went to a hardware store and bought the machine a voltage reader that has ohm on it so i hook the red and black connecter up to my speaker terminals on my box of my wired 1 ohm 18" re sx and switch the dial to the ohm symbol and 200 under it and it reads 1.6??? i wired my sub to be at 1 ohm is this bad?

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[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

you should be ok. take the wire off the terminals and read each terminal //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[AndrewHilbert 10+ year member]

kk why does it read 1.6?

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

kk why does it read 1.6?

becuase just because the sub is a dual 2 ohm or whatever doesnt mean it is a real 2 ohm. it could be a 2.4 on one coil and 2.5 on another. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[FinalWolf 10+ year member]

If your measuring it with the wires, the wires themselves have resistance that could contribute to the impedance rise your experiencing.

Your sub isn't broken unless the coils read 0 (or are really far off)

Enjoy your SX //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bloodhound50 10+ year member]

well an ohm reader reads resistance so if you weree reading 0 you would have infinite resistance meaning there was no complete circuit but 1 is what you should have. read just 1 terminal at a time.

 

[bloodhound50 10+ year member]

oh yeah if you have an off reading thats not a problem with sub its a problem with your circuitry however it could casue problems to your equiptment.

 

[FinalWolf 10+ year member]

oh yeah if you have an off reading thats not a problem with sub its a problem with your circuitry however it could casue problems to your equiptment.

huh?