hypothetical question...

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

what would happen if say you have a dvc sub and one of the wires comes out or something and your only powering 1 coil? would it damage the sub, give any indications that this has happend? just curious because i noticed when wirin the sub up one of the wires came out but i secured it snugly back in place

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[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

depends on the power you are giving the sub, and some other things...If the sub is a 1000 watt RMS dual VC and one VC comes unhooked you are giving the one VC thats hooked up double its RMS so yes it can hurt a subwoofer

 

[thch 10+ year member]

if the coil comes loose you suddenly have extra mass to move and suddenly you've lost half of your BL. This adjusts the TS specs. Qes gets much higher. there is no reason you can't run the woofer this way, but you will have less power handeling.

I assume the coils in your case were in parallel (if they were in series the woofer would have just stopped moving when one comes detacthed). If the coils were in parallel and the coil became detached, the power handeling is reduces, but at the same time the impedance doubles which could mean less power unless you have a JL amp (or similar) that detects this and corrects itself.

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

if the coil comes loose you suddenly have extra mass to move and suddenly you've lost half of your BL. This adjusts the TS specs. Qes gets much higher. there is no reason you can't run the woofer this way, but you will have less power handeling.
I assume the coils in your case were in parallel (if they were in series the woofer would have just stopped moving when one comes detacthed). If the coils were in parallel and the coil became detached, the power handeling is reduces, but at the same time the impedance doubles which could mean less power unless you have a JL amp (or similar) that detects this and corrects itself.

About what I was thinking:naughty: