subs have a wierd smell

[luckyj86047 10+ year member]

my subwoofers have awierd smell when the radio is turned up the amp gain in 3/4 up only what would cause the subs to produce a smell like this?

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[disturbed471985 5,000+ posts]

Coils burning. In other words your killing ur sub. Clipping leads to failure everytime. When the smoke starts be sure not to inhale its deadly if inhaled over a long period of time. TOXIC!! To stop this a good starting point would be to turn gains down and start reading all the threads on this site on how to set gains.

 

[>>SQL<< 10+ year member]

that smell belongs in your subs not your car

What amp are you running?

What wiring do you have?

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

clipping

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

If they're Type R's that's normal...

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

Kentucky Fried Subwoofers

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

clipping

Do not groan me numbnuts, Type R's are notorious for getting stinky when they're wanged. I ran a pair for years and they always did.

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

Do not groan me numbnuts, Type R's are notorious for getting stinky when they're wanged. I ran a pair for years and they always did.

mine never did

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

mine never did

Maybe you didn't wang them hard enough?

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

Maybe you didn't wang them hard enough?

they wanged hard enough lol. had them on a sae1200. ok i took my groan back

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

they wanged hard enough lol. had them on a sae1200. ok i took my groan back

I had mine on a Kicker KX1200.1 and every time I went full tilt they would get a little stinky. Never had a problem with them though, they were still in perfect condition when I sold them after years of playing. Gains were set with a DMM so if there was clipping it was minimal. I've read about other people on the forum having their R's get stinky too.

 

[disturbed471985 5,000+ posts]

that smell belongs in your subs not your carWhat amp are you running?

What wiring do you have?

I dnnt want that smell period..

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

mine never did

same here and running 1700rms to each

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

same here and running 1700rms to each

daily?

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

yeah, I dropped down to 1700 total now still doing fine

2 10'' type r 10's in a rear loaded horn