Subs Blowing?

[M-ushroom 10+ year member]

I have a Kicker cvr in my winter car and its currently only being powered by a 300 watt rms amp so its being underpowered its set up under dual 2 ohm. The first sub I had stopped working and would only work when there was pressure put on the front of the sub it would work for a few seconds. So I replaced the sub with another Kicker CVR I had and for the first day it worked perfect. I got in my car this morning and it wasnt working and it is doing the same thing the first sub was doing.

Does this mean both my subs are now blown? Or is there something causing this?

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[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

check your wiring.

 

[Tom Gralewski 10+ year member]

Check your tinsels. Last cvr I had did the same thing and one of the tinsels ended but being bad.

 

[M-ushroom 10+ year member]

Where abouts is the tinsel on a sub?

And this is the second one that did this too and im not even pounding it hard since its underpowered by half.

 

[Tom Gralewski 10+ year member]

Check the tinsels on the subs. I wouldnt be suprised if it has a tear for lack of better words in it. I was only giving mine 300 rms and the same thing happened. Look past the terminals, where it runs on the suspension

 

[M-ushroom 10+ year member]

I checked the tinsel on the subs and it looked like it was all connected

 

[M-ushroom 10+ year member]

What else can I try and I am guessing the tinsel was the connections to the outside of the sub from the terminal to the cone

 

[Mass Car Audio 10+ year member]

What else can I try and I am guessing the tinsel was the connections to the outside of the sub from the terminal to the cone

Yes that is called the tinsel lead. When you under power speakers its actually just a hard on them as over powering them. A clipped signal can cook the coils also.

 

[cj407]

take a dmm and set it to ohms...and check both sets of terminals to see if they are still reading ~2 ohm...

 

[406er 10+ year member]

dude you have an open offer to come down to our shop and we can figure it out for ya. free of charge!