my sub froze up

[PuZo 10+ year member]

You must plug it into a wall socket to get it to unfreeze //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif...also film it so we know you did it correct.

Do you mean take the positive and negative cables and plug it into a wall socket?

 

[99greengt 10+ year member]

no he was just joking

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

No he wasnt. It worked for me.

 

[SilverSquared 10+ year member]

@ 250w...must have been PURE distortion in the wrong box.....unless you had a factory defect.

*edit*

I had my 2 CVR122s, all parallel, in a downfire box (.70 cu.ft.) on my Orion 250. Yeah, half ohm daily. And I was abusing them like a red-headed school girl giving away moist cookies. And mine are still, 3 years later, going strong.

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

no he was just joking

Seriously, it works...

 

[TeoTorriatte 10+ year member]

@ 250w...must have been PURE distortion in the wrong box.....unless you had a factory defect.

Distortion will not do that... could have been a number of things, but distortion on its own will not do that.

 

[groundpound4200 5,000+ posts]

clipping does infact blow subs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[dumple 5,000+ posts]

sodoes fi have a website?"

 

[cman9012 10+ year member]

Do you mean take the positive and negative cables and plug it into a wall socket?

That is correct. Make sure you have the electric company and 911 on speed dial also //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif.

 

[TeoTorriatte 10+ year member]

clipping does infact blow subs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

If the signal is severely clipped, then yes; the extra power induced can lead to thermal failure of the voice coil. But one can't just automatically assume that he blew his sub because he was running 250W to it instead of 400W. Sure, it's possible if he clipped the piss out of his amp... but there are other reasons as to why the driver would fail.
It could be that his box is way too big, or it's a ported enclosure and he played something way below tuning -- and seized it up from over-excursion. He hasn't really elaborated.

OP -- If you really want to know how this happened, you need to give us more info. Be thorough, specific, and honest -- we aren't going to buy any BS lines about how you were just playing some Barry Manilow at low volume... what did you have cranked right before you locked it up tight?

 

[btdickey99 5,000+ posts]

sodoes fi have a website?"

nope...and they dont plan on getting one either //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[groundpound4200 5,000+ posts]

If the signal is severely clipped, then yes; the extra power induced can lead to thermal failure of the voice coil. But one can't just automatically assume that he blew his sub because he was running 250W to it instead of 400W. Sure, it's possible if he clipped the piss out of his amp... but there are other reasons as to why the driver would fail.
It could be that his box is way too big, or it's a ported enclosure and he played something way below tuning -- and seized it up from over-excursion. He hasn't really elaborated.

OP -- If you really want to know how this happened, you need to give us more info. Be thorough, specific, and honest -- we aren't going to buy any BS lines about how you were just playing some Barry Manilow at low volume... what did you have cranked right before you locked it up tight?

I was making a reference to the guy who made the "clipping does not blow subs" threads.......//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[groundpound4200 5,000+ posts]

sodoes fi have a website?"

why would a factory direct mail order company want a web site

 

[btdickey99 5,000+ posts]

I was making a reference to the guy who made the "clipping does not blow subs" threads.......//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

not this shit again.........//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[99greengt 10+ year member]

so whats clipping? ok so its a sealed enclosure not sure what size but it was within the recommended amount I wont lie I crank that thing once in a while but this time i was just listing to the radio and i didn't even now it until i noticed the light on the bass knob was off. thats why i want to know what happened so it wont happen again.