Sundown x18's

[Mike Waters 10+ year member]

Need some help guys been out the game for a while just picked up to x18 and all the coils are reading 3.4 to 3.6 is this Ok? I was told they were dual two's but honestly not sure

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[BOOMINGRANDPA 5,000+ posts]

Need some help guys been out the game for a while just picked up to x18 and all the coils are reading 3.4 to 3.6 is this Ok? I was told they were dual two's but honestly not sure

[MENTION=7802]@Boomin_tahoe will be here in a min, to help..

 

[Mike Waters 10+ year member]

Come on this should be a no-brainer for you guys //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

Sounds like a d4 and if it is reading solid. What is the reaistance of your meter? (Touch the probes together and see)

 

[Krave]

If each coil is reading that you either have: 2 D4 subs or a fricked up and/or cheap a$$ walmart multi meter. You pick.

 

[Mike Waters 10+ year member]

So if they are dual 4's is 3.4 an OK reading? Supposedly they never had power to them.

 

[SubbinNCali 10+ year member]

Yes.

 

[Krave]

So if they are dual 4's is 3.4 an OK reading? Supposedly they never had power to them.

As a low volt alarm technician, which relies on ohms for the state of the device, yeah. Now when getting in to full on whole ohm off readings, that can cause issues. all 4 VCs in parallel would net you .8 ohms, a 1 ohm stable should be fine, may get hotter than normal op temps, but I think you would be fine with proper air flow.

 

[Mike Waters 10+ year member]

Thanks guys

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Need some help guys been out the game for a while just picked up to x18 and all the coils are reading 3.4 to 3.6 is this Ok? I was told they were dual two's but honestly not sure

Check the coils yourself with a simple DMM. If they are D4, then those are normal readings....the person is lying or forgot what impedance the sub is. Checking D4 will result in less than 4.0 always reads less than the standard number. Same goes with dual 2 ohm. Have an example below of my DC Audio m3 8. It's dual 2 ohm so I checked it upon arrival.

 

[Mike Waters 10+ year member]

Thanks Boomin_Tahoe and everyone who chimed in, feeling much better about my purchase //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Thanks Boomin_Tahoe and everyone who chimed in, feeling much better about my purchase //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Where's Middleburg? I've been to FL about 3 times now lol.

 

[Mike Waters 10+ year member]

Right by Jacksonville.

 

[MrFoca]

Can't say any sub I've bought was .6 off it's reading.

IA, DD , SQ etc always within .2 or so. Did you check the meter itself ?

 

[BOOMINGRANDPA 5,000+ posts]

Can't say any sub I've bought was .6 off it's reading.
IA, DD , SQ etc always within .2 or so. Did you check the meter itself ?

My battery was low in mine once i check car battery read 18.5v car off... i was happy then scared lol..