subs stopped playing

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

I was driving and my subs were playing fine. I had them up pretty loud then they just stopped working. the amp isn't in protect, I didn't smell anything, I pulled out the subs and the wires were still attached, the amp fuses are fine. The amp still turns on...no idea what happened. Help please

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[Bobby322 10+ year member]

I disconnected the sub wires at the amp and reconected them. I got out the continuity tester and tested out all the connections from the amp to the terminals, to the terminals to the subs and its all getting a connection. And when I touched the tester to the sub coils they made a "popping/scrathing" noise and moved a little bit. The amp has the green light on for power and not the protect mode light. Is it possible the amp got stuck in protect mode or something? or is it my subs?

the amp is a Hifonics 1606D and im running 2 of these subs - http://dls.se/en/car/prod.html?produkt=en_138

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

well do they work now?

If they still dont work, you have a problem.

How high up is your gain?

 

[CobraStang98 10+ year member]

Get a DMM and test the coils.

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

My gain isnt too high...but I dont see why thats a problem if they wont even play at all anymore

What should the DMM read?

 

[jpexpc 10+ year member]

You could have an RCA grounding out. Have you tried unplugging them 1 at a time and see if anything changes?

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

No haven't tried that but I will.

my DMM is broken so idk what to do

 

[CobraStang98 10+ year member]

No haven't tried that but I will.
my DMM is broken so idk what to do

You can get a DMM @ walmart for like $10 or so... Use it once to check the coils and then return it.

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

If they were blown wouldn't they still at least do something?

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

????

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

If they were blown wouldn't they still at least do something?

not if the coils were fuxored....or if they are bound and gagged.

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

The part that connects the coils to the cone is loose..like glue came off but its still connected

 

[jpexpc 10+ year member]

not if the coils were fuxored....or if they are bound and gagged.

This may not be legitimate if your subs are the BDSM models.

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

no idea

 

[pilyin 10+ year member]

Try connecting some other speaker to the amp to see if there is anything coming through it. Check your RCA's, maybe the amps not getting a signal from your head unit. If that were the case, the amp would still turn on. If you have an iPod or something, you might try connecting it directly to the amp input to see if you get any sound through the amp.