ooooh that smell....cant you smell that smell.

[bass-aholic 10+ year member]

I have a serious car audio question. When i turn my new setup up and leave it up for a while there is a funny electronics smell almost like a burnt smell and im scurred. Could it just be the subs because there new? My setup consists of 250amp alt, 2 new fi q 18"s 10^3 35hz orion 2500d 2 power masters in the back and one up front and the orion takes 4ga in to it(2+ and 2-) and everything else is 0g. Your probably gonna ask so no i haven't set my gains with a dmm, but have by ear and have them set conservatively. what should i start checking......and grammar FTL, sorry folks.

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[peas247 10+ year member]

sounds like coils

 

[casper97ta 10+ year member]

First off, Run 0g to that 2500d right away. Second, if the subs are new its probably just the glue. do the subs get hot?

 

[Lingerfelt 10+ year member]

Stop listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd?

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

your amp is fried, its its most likely on its way out the door right now...

if you want i can go ahead and give you $100 shipped (just tryin to be nice here....)

next time leave the gains below 1/4 (over 1/4 is for competitions only) and you should be set...

just pm me with paypal info and all that good stuff and lets get you squared away //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Blinkrazy 10+ year member]

i just did a type r today and had the same thing and was led to believe that it was just the coil heating up and melting excess glue and other stuff if its set low and the wiring is right dint worry. are you sure it is the subs and not the amp?

 

[bass-aholic 10+ year member]

First off, Run 0g to that 2500d right away. Second, if the subs are new its probably just the glue. do the subs get hot?

The amp doesn't accept 0g, it has 2+ and 2- 4ga inputs.

your amp is fried, its its most likely on its way out the door right now...
if you want i can go ahead and give you $100 shipped (just tryin to be nice here....)

next time leave the gains below 1/4 (over 1/4 is for competitions only) and you should be set...

just pm me with paypal info and all that good stuff and lets get you squared away //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Im assuming your stupid *** is also referring to the fact it has 4ga ran to it? Well how about you learn something before trying to get smart with me......fail....

 

[bass-aholic 10+ year member]

And i have not checked to see if the subs get hot. Thats something i will see. Anything else i should check for? Electrical is up to par. Amp has never gone into protect but it could be getting hot, ill check that too.

 

[Blinkrazy 10+ year member]

by the way, the smell went away after about 15-30 min of drivin around slowly turnin it up, how much play on them,

 

[bass-aholic 10+ year member]

Probably about an hour or two by now of actual play time.

by the way, the smell went away after about 15-30 min of drivin around slowly turnin it up, how much play on them,

 

[Blinkrazy 10+ year member]

pull them out run them lowly free air to check movement , and look for/smell for the source, check leads and solder

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

that song just came on my Ipod while i was studying in the library...no more than 10 minutes ago...ha

 

[casper97ta 10+ year member]

You should still run 1/0g for that amp and then use reducers to go into the amp. Next time you smell it, put your hand on the dustcap and see if they are hot. 2 18" Q's should be able to take that power.

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

sounds like the glue send them to me and I will check them out for you

 

[Blinkrazy 10+ year member]

if it persists you can email scott and he might have a tip/ insight on whats going on