HC dust cap came loose!!

[asaner85 10+ year member]

I just finished fabricating an enclosure for my 12" HC and took a drive. The setup was wangin hard and dropped really low. Honestly, It reproduced the lower notes with more and greater authority than my 15" XXX tuned to 27hz!! But not far after, I started hearing a huffing sound. At first I thought it was port noise. So I pulled over to investigate and the sound was coming from the dust cap //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif . The dust cap came loose form 10 o'clock to 1. Air was escaping from the rear vent pole to the dust cap. What would of caused the dust cap to come loose?? Too much pressure building inside the dust cap?? Or maybe just poor build quality? (which I doubt because the sub was I believe built by scott and I am a firm believer of RE's choice in materials and adhesives becasue of previous products)

Setup info: 12" HC

2.5cuft tuned to 32hz (32.5" port area)

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[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

gorila glue it...

 

[bibby 5,000+ posts]

Warranty? have it done by RE if possible.

 

[asaner85 10+ year member]

Gorilla glue or plastic epoxy? The thing is that now I wont feel comfortable playing it at high volume. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

Anybody have an idea why would this happen? Why did this happen as soon as I put it in a ported box? I had it in a 1cuft sealed box and no problems. Does pressure build up more in ported boxes??

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

pressure could be a problem. does the HC have a chamber pole under the dustcap running throught the magnets?

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

tht dustcap is just a beauty dustcap. look and see if you can see a hard plastic real dustcap in the middle where the coil is. i think those are sexxxy though.

 

[asaner85 10+ year member]

No internal dust cap. Looks just like this....

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

looks burnt crisp or am i lookin at it wrong

 

[asaner85 10+ year member]

looks burnt crisp or am i lookin at it wrong

The sub with no dust cap is just a ref picture.

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

just put a different kind of dustcap on it

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

ca glue it lol

 

[matrxx dude 5,000+ posts]

Gorilla glue or plastic epoxy? The thing is that now I wont feel comfortable playing it at high volume. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gifAnybody have an idea why would this happen? Why did this happen as soon as I put it in a ported box? I had it in a 1cuft sealed box and no problems. Does pressure build up more in ported boxes??

yes there is more pressure in a ported box than a sealed

 

[dvcevoblack 10+ year member]

yes there is more pressure in a ported box than a sealed

That's is Impossible....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

 

[matrxx dude 5,000+ posts]

not impossible,true,dont believe me ask someone who builds boxes

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

^^^ what he said... ported boxes have big holes in em to let the pressure out lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif