temperature effecting subs?

[bloodhound50 10+ year member]

when it is cold and rainy out my mirror doesnt shake at all and subs seem to hit less ahrd. when its warm out and i get in my car and start it up mirror shakes rediculously and it htis very hard. why is this?

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[Jep772 10+ year member]

i dunno i heard cold was better for the coil. maybe the car parts are more loose in the heat.

 

[bloodhound50 10+ year member]

Thank you for your imput.

 

[k12ug 10+ year member]

in air is warmer sound waves tavel "faster" and "longer" than in colder weather.

no the actual wave that travels faster..becuase that would change the hz...but yea...thats why is hits harder...becuase it actualy is.

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

interesting, i guess you learn something new ever day

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Thermal dynamics...

The hotter an electrical component, the higher the resistance to the flow of electricity. When its cold outside, its better for your amp and voice coils because it allows the components to work harder without overheating.

As said above, sound waves travel faster in warmer temperature, however it will be close to unnoticeable.

The speed of sound is ~331 m/s @ 32*F, and ~347 m/s @ 80*F. This is a change of only 5%

I don't know about you but I never notice a difference between the winter and summer months of my system... A 5% difference in the speed of sound is more than likely negated by the increased efficiency of the electrical components of the system (Amps, wire, voice coil, etc)

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

Maybe because your windows are up when it's rainy and down when it's warm?

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

one thing i forgot to mention is that with a higher humidity, the more the sound wave's energy is absorbed by the moisture molecules in the air

 

[zyklonb 10+ year member]

simple chemistry, emelctricity flows faster and smoother when heated. just like it drains your battery 5 times faster in the summer that in winter when you initially start your car.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

simple chemistry, emelctricity flows faster and smoother when heated. just like it drains your battery 5 times faster in the summer that in winter when you initially start your car.

wtf are you smoking? Electricity flows with less resistance in a cold conductor... Also different types of batteries have capacitance issues in different temperatures (Lithium Ion batteries lose almost all of their charge when subjected to cold temperatures (sub 40*F)

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

simple chemistry, emelctricity flows faster and smoother when heated. just like it drains your battery 5 times faster in the summer that in winter when you initially start your car.

Smoke some crack today?

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Smoke some crack today?

Has to be, I don't see the chemistry there ... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

I think he might be thinking of kinetic energy? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

I think he might be thinking of kinetic energy? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Only he can know //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

Teh emelctricity is very important to teh functumacation of emelctronics.

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