help question about my xl

[robertspangler 10+ year member]

i have a 12 inch dc audio xl had it in a box around 2.25 cube but the port was small it was getting somewhat loud but with a db drive pd2000.1 at 1 ohm the sub wasnt as loud as a sa 12 in the same box on 2 ohms from the amp. and every once in a while the sub would cut in and out. Well today got a new box that is 2.25 cube tuned to 32 hrtz and around has more port area and got a ia 20.1 and the sub doesnt get loud at all and still cuts in and out but when i meter the vc's they both read 2 ohm i dont get what the problem is my voltage never drops below 13 volts but i cant figure it out unless the sub has bad coils or somthing. im gettting so frustrated i just want to get rid of it all.

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[VWBobby 10+ year member]

could be a broken tensil lead near one of the coils or coil rub. Try measuring the resistance while SLOWLY moving the sub by hand. If it cuts out or changes drastically, you know you have a coil problem. Don't move the sub quickly or it will make voltage and give a false reading. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

power or ground wire might be burned out. happened to me. i had an american bass 75.1 and upgraded to a rockford fosgate t1500-1bd and since i added power, it needed more current through the wire. i found the spot where the wire was burnt (it was literally ash) and i replaced it and it worked good as new.

 

[dbeez 5,000+ posts]

Pretty sure its the coil in the sub recone that bish to a d1 and get that ia to putting in work. I have the same issue right now all coils read perfect but when wired up and start playing I have one sub that I start smelling coil in and my amps will jump protect one subs dustcap is decently warm I am pretty sure its my issue.

 

[robertspangler 10+ year member]

it did the same thing on both amps though i have 0 gauge with big enough fusing dont think its wire

 

[VWBobby 10+ year member]

Did you try what I said? It takes 30 seconds and would answer a lot of questions. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

the db drive amp dose put out more wattage 1st off. you have a bad lead wire where the coil meets the leads i bet...

 

[robertspangler 10+ year member]

well i got in contact with dc about getting a recone lets see how this goes... here comes dual 1's on a ia 20.1 should get loud.

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

the db drive amp dose put out more wattage 1st off. you have a bad lead wire where the coil meets the leads i bet...

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[robertspangler 10+ year member]

i loved my db drive amp but it went up in smoke and it got hot as ****.

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

i loved my db drive amp but it went up in smoke and it got hot as ****.

mine stays ice cold at .5 ohm daily. but then again i dont clip it or run it on stock electrical

 

[dbeez 5,000+ posts]

mine stays ice cold at .5 ohm daily. but then again i dont clip it or run it on stock electrical

neither does he,

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

neither does he,

thats wierd as ****. i never have any amp get warm except ap and i hear all this about amps getting hot. how the fvck do you manage it.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

my pair of pd2000.1's got warm at .7 strapped daily

 

[VWBobby 10+ year member]

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WTF is this supposed to mean? How much power his amp is putting out doesn't have anything to do with a broken tinsel or bad coil. Obviously if he would've tested the resistance as I pointed out in the first post, this issue would've been solved long ago. 2nd: You say your amps never get warm. BS. There is no way you can use an amp and not have it get warm to the touch, if you actually turn it up or use it more than 20 minutes or so. Let alone "ice cold".