Subs stinking

[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

Wow the site thought what I saying was so important that it posted it 6 times for me.

Wow.

It's probably excess glue heating up, man.

Possible.

What subs? How much power?

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

Wow the site thought what I saying was so important that it posted it 6 times for me.
Wow.

Possible.

What subs? How much power?

Yeah, it was timing out like crazy a few minutes ago.

I guess some work on the never ending "update" has started up again...

 

[YoungBloodM50 10+ year member]

Mine did the same thing when I upgraded my power wire from 8ga to 4ga. I stopped the car really fast and checked everything out. Since then I turned the Gains down and turned the bass boost off. No problems ever since.

I doubt it but it may have been glue and it quickly burnt off. Hope this helps.

 

[stork90 10+ year member]

no i didnt feel the actual coil..just the cone, and i set my gains with a mm so they should be legit.

 

[s_carter 10+ year member]

Yeah if you can smell them, they are getting hot, feeling the top of the cone means jack, since the coil is a good 2 to 3 inches underneath that, you wont be able to judge how how the wiring is getting. Considering the subs are 1KW RMS each and your running a 3KW RMS amp on them, as well as having a very large box, which affects power handling, I would say your just pushing them too hard. Check your gains and bass boost settings, and adjust them accordingly.

 

[Burton6431 10+ year member]

feeling the top of the cone means jack

Actually... just cus the coil isnt right behind the cone or dust cap doesnt mean u cant feel if its warm, If your cones warm it just means your coils warmer. I got my 12 warm and the first sign was it smelling so i felt the cone and could tell the coil was getting pretty hot, i just left the bass boost down for a bit and it was fine. But you probably are running too much power if your coils are whats making the smell from heat.

 

[Maxipads 10+ year member]

i wish i knew exactly what stinky subs smelled like.. it always smells like box and silicone caulk in my truck after i full tilt..

 

[stork90 10+ year member]

yea i know im giving each one approx 500rms more than than they need but everyone ive talked to running them said they should take it without an issue. It takes a little while of full tilt bumping before they start smelling(and its not like a burning smell, more like that smell of a brand new woofer). When they do i just turn it down.