Smelling Voice Coils

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

Is it normal to smell vc's.... or is it something to watch out for...

I heard smelling them is normal... im just worried...

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[DFW40 10+ year member]

I had an L7 at one point in time and it smelled terrible all of a sudden but I was not overpowering it and it never smelled again and worked fine from there on out. I think that it is something that you should look into especially if you are pushing it hard for long periods of time going over the RMS.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

sometimes the excess glue needs to burn off the vc joint.

but id be careful anyway.

 

[Warbleed 10+ year member]

As was said, it can be a sign of impending failure if you keep pushing the driver hard, and sometimes it is just excess glue burning off.

I'd generally advise easing up if you smell coil.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

You really should only smell 'excess' glue burning off while the sub is new. If you're smelling it well after the sub's break-in period, yeah you should be concerned.

 

[beatz06 10+ year member]

lol not to long after i smelled my coils on my kicker L5 one of em burned out. but that was because i was overpowering it to see just how much power it could take

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

Ive only got about 1800 RMS going to my sub... and its rated at 3000 RMS Daily...

 

[NDMstang65 10+ year member]

just getting the extra glue off of the coil

it's fine

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

its burning up the brahma Extreme hahaha sucks 4 u LOL

Die u dirty BuLL

J/K