One of my coils all of a sudden reads 16ohms?

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

So I got this Eclipse SW-9122. I played it the other day in my house just for fun, and left it for a couple days. Now all of a sudden one of the coils reads 16ohms? Wtf? I followed the leads all the way down to where they connect to the coil on the former, but those joints are all covered in gunk so I could only poke one point on the leads, not right where it connects to the coil. Regardless, all the way down the leads it reads 16ohms. I took the top assembly apart too, nothing suspicious. Help?

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[Haunz 10+ year member]

voltage drop probably changed the ohms //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

voltage drop probably changed the ohms //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

Troll or not?

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

I've seen a rise in an ohm or 2 but jeeze..gains to high? I think u cooked that coil....

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

I've seen a rise in an ohm or 2 but jeeze..gains to high? I think u cooked that coil....

It's a 1500 watt rms sub, I ran a non-clipped 250 watts rms to it...

 

[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

You most likely blew it cuz you ran it severely underpowered

lol

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

You most likely blew it cuz you ran it severely underpowered


lol

At least this troll is obvious. lol

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

Not sure why it went bad, maybe moisture/corrosion? I had a 1st-gen Kicker L7 that was at like 8.9ohm for each coil after I gave it 1100 watts... the tinsel leads frayed b the cone, or something.

At least you can find plenty of people who can recone those subs, look the sub in my avatar, that was a SW9122.

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

Not sure why it went bad, maybe moisture/corrosion? I had a 1st-gen Kicker L7 that was at like 8.9ohm for each coil after I gave it 1100 watts... the tinsel leads frayed b the cone, or something.

At least you can find plenty of people who can recone those subs, look the sub in my avatar, that was a SW9122.

My sub hasn't even been broken in! I've had it for maybe two weeks...

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

well I hope you bought it from a store and still have a warenty. send it back and get a new one.

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

well I hope you bought it from a store and still have a warenty. send it back and get a new one.

Nope. Got it from UMWDawg92. It's definitely not his fault.

 

[Haunz 10+ year member]

Troll or not?

If you have to ask........

On a more serious note...

Did you have the sub unhooked from everything else? Did you check your DMM to make sure its consistent with other loads?

IDK but the last chap I gave advice to with a similar problem had his wiring all fucked up... keep us posted...

Edit:

the tinsel leads frayed by the cone, or something..

This. A bad solder joint or failing connection could also be the culprit...

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

On a more serious note... Did you have the sub unhooked from everything else? Did you check your DMM to make sure its consistent with other loads?

IDK but the last chap I gave advice to with a similar problem had his wiring all fucked up... keep us posted...

Yep, sub unhooked. As I said, I followed the leads past the terminals, all the way down where they are glued to the former

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

On a more serious note... Did you have the sub unhooked from everything else? Did you check your DMM to make sure its consistent with other loads?

IDK but the last chap I gave advice to with a similar problem had his wiring all fucked up... keep us posted...

Yep, sub unhooked. As I said, I followed the leads past the terminals, all the way down where they are glued to the former

 

[Haunz 10+ year member]

see my edit...

what is it reading exactly and what should it be?

Do the #'s chance when you push on the cone / does the sub move when you put power to that coil ?