Repairing a RE XXX 15?

[Jdg784 10+ year member]

I have had this sub for about 2 1/2 years, and somewhere along the line one of the voice coil wires disconnected itself. I was running it off a JBL 1200.1. I don't know i f I should ship it back to RE for repair/diagnosis or let a local shop handle it...what do you guys think? Shipping is going to be ridiculous on this beast...

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[scottiej 10+ year member]

Did the tensil leads just come off, or is there something wrong with the voice coil inside the sub? If it's just the leads where they connect to the terminal then have it repaired locally... if it's the coil then ship it off.

 

[Jdg784 10+ year member]

Well, the tinsel lead came off, and I repaired it...but It seems as if something is wrong with the coil...and I can't exactly hook it up because ...get this...a freaking bolt of lightning fried my alt, my amp, and my radio...not to mention half the fuses in my car....I'll probably just ship it off to them,

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Put an ohmmeter (multimeter set to ohms) on the coils to determine if they are shorted or not.

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

If a bolt of lightning struck your car then your amp could easily have put out current to the subwoofer, causing it to blow...

 

[HotCarl 10+ year member]

shipping was too expesive for my to send my XXX to get reconed

they sent me the kit, then my local shop did it for 30 bucks

they did an excellent job i might add as well.

 

[lifted95blaze 10+ year member]

i'd go locally, forget shipping on that thing......... but if you get it sent off back to RE you know you got the ppl that built the beast healin it so it just depens who you trust the most, if the ppl at your local shop are qualified enough to do it and have confidence i'd just take that option and save some $$$