Is my tinsel lead really broken?

[Nevalite 10+ year member]

Here is a pic of what I'm seeing:

It should be reading close to 4 Ohms right? I'm just asking because its not a DMM, its a regular old school MM, I wasn't sure if I had to use RXIO or RXIK, I used RXIK. The only difference with RXIO is that everything is 0.5 Ohms more, so it reads 0.5ohms, still nowhere close to 4 ohms.

So this means my tinsel lead is broken right?

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[Nevalite 10+ year member]

I figured out I need the use the RXIO instead, the RXIK seems to read 0 ohms on everything, but when I use the RXIO I get a reading and I can hear a little scratch from the sub or speaker. It reads like 0.3 ohms so I think it still means that the tinsel lead is broken...

 

[the727kid 10+ year member]

Well just get a 9volt battery n put it to the terminals and see if it pops out for each coil..

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

Well just get a 9volt battery n put it to the terminals and see if it pops out for each coil..

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[Nevalite 10+ year member]

What pops out? You mean the sub actually move?

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

if you hook up a 9v battery to each coil, the cone should move in or out, depending on which way you hook it up.

A 9v battery is DC current, meaning direct current, so the speaker will only move one way. Lets you make sure everything is working correctly.

With a dual 4 ohm sub wired like that, the multimeter should read 2 ohms.

 

[Nevalite 10+ year member]

Eurghhh it worked lol, on both of the voice coils it worked, and when I had them wired together it worked...

This means the sub is fine?

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Eurghhh it worked lol, on both of the voice coils it worked, and when I had them wired together it worked...
This means the sub is fine?

Not necessarily.

You need a DMM to see what the coils are reading. One/both could have some internal problems.

 

[Nevalite 10+ year member]

But it does mean the tinsel lead is attached right?

What could have caused the coils to have problems?

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

But it does mean the tinsel lead is attached right?
What could have caused the coils to have problems?

Could be anything.

Tinsels still sound attached, but they COULD be coming apart as well.

 

[Ken448 10+ year member]

hook it up to something and see if you can get sound out of it.. Anything will do, but dont show anything in home audio a 2 ohm load for too long. You passed the battery test, now try sound //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Nevalite 10+ year member]

I could plug my sub into my home stereo? How long is too long? lol

 

[Nevalite 10+ year member]

Would any old stereo work? I don't want to break something here

 

[Nevalite 10+ year member]

Won't it damage the sub? I don't want to be sending the full hertz range to a sub? Isn't that why our amps have crossovers on them?

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Won't it damage the sub? I don't want to be sending the full hertz range to a sub? Isn't that why our amps have crossovers on them?

It will be fine, if anything you need to be worried about sending something too low.