How do you know if your sub is hitting to hard?

[05gliguy 10+ year member]

Are you runnin the 3 12" jbls?

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

Ok, that's out in left field. Why would you say that?

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

yeah running 3 gti's brand new got them yesterday and running them off a zapco 9.0 in a sealed box. why do you ask?

Are you runnin the 3 12" jbls?

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

Cause i dont think these subs i have can take the full power of the 9.0 i have.

which i want it to be able to do.

Ok, that's out in left field. Why would you say that?

 

[05gliguy 10+ year member]

what ohm load is the amp seeing?

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

4ohms which the zapco 9.0 has a 2ohm version and a 4 ohm version and i have the 4 ohm version and i have the subs wired in series for 4 ohms with those metal plates taken off. But do you think the subs can handle the power? Cause zapco 9.0s are underrated and some can easily do 3000 rms.

 

[05gliguy 10+ year member]

They should hold up... You're not runnin much more than their recommend rms

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

yeah but zapco amps are uder rated so should i be worried? I mean i really dont care i blow the subs i got them from my dealer who made my box and put the subs in and if i blow them i got 2 yrs warranty so i really dont care lol.

They should hold up... You're not runnin much more than their recommend rms

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

how much louder you think this would be ported i wander?

 

[05gliguy 10+ year member]

well straight blowin them isn't the way to go... You might want to try and break them in for awhile and then go to increasing power. As far as ported goes, I'm pretty positive it will be louder.

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

well i played them really hard today for like a hr but other then that maybe giving them a total of 1000 rms but i did play them at i am guessing 1800 rms for like an hr tonight so will that be bad now is it to late or anything or am i still ok? I am also going to show my friend how hard it hits tommorow or should i wait for now on until they break in?

well straight blowin them isn't the way to go... You might want to try and break them in for awhile and then go to increasing power. As far as ported goes, I'm pretty positive it will be louder.

 

[05gliguy 10+ year member]

You should be alright, you didnt smell anything burning did ya? Just keep it low-medium vol for like a week- 2 weeks to allow all the parts to break in... Sealed boxes tend to have high excursion for the subs and I'm pretty sure that isn't good for them right out of the box compared to a ported enclosure where it doesn't take as much excursion to get loud at the hz the box is tuned at

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

no burning smell just alot of bass. Do u think i messed somthing up by playing it so hard for a hr?

You should be alright, you didnt smell anything burning did ya? Just keep it low-medium vol for like a week- 2 weeks to allow all the parts to break in... Sealed boxes tend to have high excursion for the subs and I'm pretty sure that isn't good for them right out of the box compared to a ported enclosure where it doesn't take as much excursion to get loud at the hz the box is tuned at

 

[THUMPPER 10+ year member]

I always pound my subs as hard as they are capable of...

as long as the sound is clean with no clicking,popping or

distortion all is good

 

[05gliguy 10+ year member]

Nah man, you should be straight... But if something does happen you definately need to tell your guy