OA15 Gets warm during 4 minute constant bass session

[skylineTT 10+ year member]

you can hear it distorting if your ear is trained well.. if you get a dmm, you set the gain according to the tutorial in the references section.

 

[murph 10+ year member]

Lol your sub is half way dead... Found that funny, as long as you let the sub chill off when it starts to get nice and stanky it should be fine. You are clipping though if 4 minutes through it is hot.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

the sub aint burnt. all subs get warm or hot sometime or another.

you can smell your subs playing on a reg basis?

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

the sub aint burnt. all subs get warm or hot sometime or another.

you can smell your subs playing on a reg basis?

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

you can smell your subs playing on a reg basis?

no.... when mine gets warm it dont smell. ive only smell it once and i was playing like 25hz for about 2 mins. it got toasty lol. but other then that i havnt smelled it and my coils good. i checked it... but my dust cap does get warm after playing it for a bit, but then again my sub is only """1000rms""".....

 

[AnthonyO 10+ year member]

I have the OA15. For the first month or so, mine stunk like ****. Its a very stinky glue. The sub is not dead...lol

I can get mine to heat up in about 2 minutes but I am running 965 clamped watts to it. This is why I will be getting rid of my OA and switching to Atomic. I like OA, they get loud, work great for burping. But I just don't feel they are made for my kind of daily playing.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

no.... when mine gets warm it dont smell. ive only smell it once and i was playing like 25hz for about 2 mins. it got toasty lol. but other then that i havnt smelled it and my coils good. i checked it... but my dust cap does get warm after playing it for a bit, but then again my sub is only """1000rms""".....

warm/hot is normal to the "touch" I can get it to where you can't hold the motor 30minutes after they have played, but at no point should you smell the coil burning the epoxy coating off, and the fact he's saying he does this for 4min at a time and over several times! that sub is done for I would love to see the coils on that thing.

 

[EpicMango 10+ year member]

I'll probably take a look at the coils, because now I'm interested

And no. Only 1 song makes my sub stink up. Just 1. Not a single other song, no matter how hard I play it, makes my sub stink. just "No Hands"

I'll give you guys a nice picture if I take take of the coil!

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

If your so sure the sub is fine go take it out of the box and push the cone up from underneath and look into the cooling vents and see if the coil is still shiny copper or a burnt looking purplish/black color getting darker towards the bottom of the windings.

Not all coils are copper even new. Color isnt a way to tell.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

Not all coils are copper even new. Color isnt a way to tell.

ok let me re phrase that a different color then the top shifting half way down the coil darkening towards the end or bottom of the coil. I have seen quite a few that still read perfect on a dmm but the coils had obviously been exposed to high levels of clipping.

 

[quackhead 10+ year member]

I have the OA15. For the first month or so, mine stunk like ****. Its a very stinky glue. The sub is not dead...lol
I can get mine to heat up in about 2 minutes but I am running 965 clamped watts to it. This is why I will be getting rid of my OA and switching to Atomic. I like OA, they get loud, work great for burping. But I just don't feel they are made for my kind of daily playing.

You sound as if it is the sub's fault. They are very good subs and handle power better than most in their power range. What you are saying is you need a sub with higher power handling to deal with the power you are using. It has absolutely nothing to do with "your kind of daily playing". If you are having problems with the OA , it is likely due to box design (port area, placement, etc.) and quality of the signal.

Your kind trip me out.

 

[AnthonyO 10+ year member]

You sound as if it is the sub's fault. They are very good subs and handle power better than most in their power range. What you are saying is you need a sub with higher power handling to deal with the power you are using. It has absolutely nothing to do with "your kind of daily playing". If you are having problems with the OA , it is likely due to box design (port area, placement, etc.) and quality of the signal.

I have the OA15. For the first month or so, mine stunk like ****. Its a very stinky glue. The sub is not dead...lol
I can get mine to heat up in about 2 minutes but I am running 965 clamped watts to it. This is why I will be getting rid of my OA and switching to Atomic. I like OA, they get loud, work great for burping. But I just don't feel they are made for my kind of daily playing.

Your kind trip me out.

So I trip you out??? I didn't say it was the subs fault. I actually complimented the sub. It gets loud. But if you plan on putting anything over 600 watts on it, they get warm quick. My enclosure was built to OA's specs. My amp was set using an O'scope. I took a chance on a lower power rated sub because of the PRICE. It did exactly what I expected, a 143.2.

 

[EpicMango 10+ year member]

So. I have to buy a DMM, I don't have any other choice? I can't go to cartoys and ask them to set my amp correctly, or an audio shop? No other options besides actually buying one?

 

[AnthonyO 10+ year member]

So. I have to buy a DMM, I don't have any other choice? I can't go to cartoys and ask them to set my amp correctly, or an audio shop? No other options besides actually buying one?

If you trust CarToys, then yes go to them and ask them to set your amps.However, theres a chance they are gonna charge you for their time.

 

[EpicMango 10+ year member]

I don't know if I trust cartoys...

-_-