JL W312 is smoking!!....literally

[rcracer78 10+ year member]

This weekend I removed my sinlge JL W312 sealed enclosure from my Yukon to make more room in the cargo area. When i put it back in and turned on the system the sub cutt out. I immediatly turned the system off and checked all my amps, connections and grounds only to discover i accidently hooked up the positive to the negative and the negative to the positve. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif So i corrected the connection.

Now the sub will not come on. if i disconnect the wire and plug it back in it will push for about 30 seconds and turn off. After i tried this several times, i decided to open up the "sealed" enclosure and to my dismay.....smoke everywhere.

Am I screwed? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/help.gif.cee8f684da1ba626487a8bc51152e1ec.gif

Aside from my negligence was the reverse connection the cause of this?

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[Buck 5,000+ posts]

i think u might b screwed

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

you killed it...literally.

 

[canyouhearmatt 10+ year member]

Murderer!!!

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

when you push on the cone is there like a crunch? you probably blew it. where theres smoke theres blown speakers!

 

[porksoda 10+ year member]

its dead. Time to get a w6 now lol

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

This weekend I removed my sinlge JL W312 sealed enclosure from my Yukon to make more room in the cargo area. When i put it back in and turned on the system the sub cutt out. I immediatly turned the system off and checked all my amps, connections and grounds only to discover i accidently hooked up the positive to the negative and the negative to the positve. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif So i corrected the connection.
Now the sub will not come on. if i disconnect the wire and plug it back in it will push for about 30 seconds and turn off. After i tried this several times, i decided to open up the "sealed" enclosure and to my dismay.....smoke everywhere.

Am I screwed? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/help.gif.cee8f684da1ba626487a8bc51152e1ec.gif

Aside from my negligence was the reverse connection the cause of this?

power reversed, or the amp's output(180 phase)

 

[rcracer78 10+ year member]

dman: What do you mean by "amp's output(180 phase)"?

srim: it does not make a crunch sound when i push on the cone.

The amp pushing it is a Rockford Fosgate P400-2. Is this amp suppose to provide any kind of reverse poloarity protection to the sub?

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[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

did you switch power and ground, or the speaker wires + and -?

 

[WALKS UP]

R.I.P where you going to bury it? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

If you mean you switche the pos and neg on the speaker wires, that wouldn't hurt the speaker in any way. If you mean you switching the power and grn wires on the amp, that would make the amp smoke, not the sub. I honestly dont know what you did. lol

 

[rcracer78 10+ year member]

did you switch power and ground, or the speaker wires + and -?

i reversed the speaker wires. is that a big no no?

MAN!!!!....I REALLY LOVED THAT SUB TOO.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

i reversed the speaker wires. is that a big no no?

MAN!!!!....I REALLY LOVED THAT SUB TOO.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

reversing the speaker wires will not damage a driver:fyi:

 

[bahn4lyfe 10+ year member]

If it's smoking, put it on the patch or Nicorette or something. Don't want it to get cancer.

 

[Mr.B 10+ year member]

i rz thinking that joo frIed it. 0_o