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i ruined my saturday night...
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<blockquote data-quote="redrider13" data-source="post: 4067273" data-attributes="member: 583482"><p>Well I'm pretty sure I burnt out my voice coils. I just want to make sure I'm diagnosing the problem right. I think it was too much power but I also have a fleeting suspicion it was wired wrong at the wrong impedance. Please let me know what you think I'll give you as much info as you need.</p><p></p><p>Setup:</p><p></p><p>Eclipse sw7200</p><p></p><p>PG x600.1</p><p></p><p>Alpine CDA-9883</p><p></p><p>Kicker 4ga kit</p><p></p><p>Alright so I was tuning my sub tonight and I had the Subsonic set at 32hz, the lowpass was at 81hz, and I was just setting my gains. The first sign of something going wrong was that my tones didnt burn right to a CD so I didnt have tones to play with. So I stuck in some regular music and started to set my gains. I had it at what I thought to be around 500rms but I didnt. I turned up the volume to listen, got out of my car for about a minute and as soon as I got back in I smelled a something burning, I looked and my amp was going into protect (flashing light) and then the smoke came. I turned off everything and ripped all the stuff out of my car to get it out in case it was gonna catch on fire. Gladly it didnt. I pulled my sub out of the box and nothing visibly is wrong, it just smells burnt, so I'm like ****, I just raped my sub.</p><p></p><p>The reason why I think I may have wired wrong is that a sub that handles 500rms should handle 613rms (birthed) for a few notes while I'm gaining down right? I guess it didn't.</p><p></p><p>Here's the wiring deal that was going on:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/redrider13/wiring.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Also seeing as I'll be replacing this sub, should I get an AQ or DD? Looking for more sql than anything...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redrider13, post: 4067273, member: 583482"] Well I'm pretty sure I burnt out my voice coils. I just want to make sure I'm diagnosing the problem right. I think it was too much power but I also have a fleeting suspicion it was wired wrong at the wrong impedance. Please let me know what you think I'll give you as much info as you need. Setup: Eclipse sw7200 PG x600.1 Alpine CDA-9883 Kicker 4ga kit Alright so I was tuning my sub tonight and I had the Subsonic set at 32hz, the lowpass was at 81hz, and I was just setting my gains. The first sign of something going wrong was that my tones didnt burn right to a CD so I didnt have tones to play with. So I stuck in some regular music and started to set my gains. I had it at what I thought to be around 500rms but I didnt. I turned up the volume to listen, got out of my car for about a minute and as soon as I got back in I smelled a something burning, I looked and my amp was going into protect (flashing light) and then the smoke came. I turned off everything and ripped all the stuff out of my car to get it out in case it was gonna catch on fire. Gladly it didnt. I pulled my sub out of the box and nothing visibly is wrong, it just smells burnt, so I'm like ****, I just raped my sub. The reason why I think I may have wired wrong is that a sub that handles 500rms should handle 613rms (birthed) for a few notes while I'm gaining down right? I guess it didn't. Here's the wiring deal that was going on: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/redrider13/wiring.jpg[/IMG] Also seeing as I'll be replacing this sub, should I get an AQ or DD? Looking for more sql than anything... [/QUOTE]
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