Think I found out whats wrong with my SLC's

[VQ35max 10+ year member]

I hope you aren't one of the people that like to put crossovers in doors.

Whats wrong with putting crossovers in the door? Water damage possibilities?

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

Ask that to my amps //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/blackeye.gif.66a1670f5aaf7f406e783a63e3387dc5.gif they took quite a beatin.....and yeah i have no idea how it could have happened.

I do! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[Ruffy 10+ year member]

Well good news and bad news

I measured the impendance of the tweeters. they were at 3.9 ohms. So its not them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

This only means I got a problem elsewhere. gotta check the crossover when i have time. I'm thinking i'll swap crossovers and see if the sound issue follows it. If it doesnt than theres an issue with wiring

 

[6spdcoupe 5,000+ posts]

Well good news and bad news
I measured the impendance of the tweeters. they were at 3.9 ohms. So its not them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

This only means I got a problem elsewhere. gotta check the crossover when i have time. I'm thinking i'll swap crossovers and see if the sound issue follows it. If it doesnt than theres an issue with wiring

So then This could be corrected... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

sounds like way too much power fo them. I'm running them off 100watts rms and they hurt. Plus a tweeter came blown.

 

[Ruffy 10+ year member]

Could be the reason one tweet plays louder than the other.

it's not just loud it's quality. It's like they're cutoff really high.

 

[Ruffy 10+ year member]

So then This could be corrected... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Tweeter sounded off since it was plugged in, even to the stock system. my gains prior to using the DMM were fairly low(14 volts)

Only recently did I turn it up to what 100rms should be @ 20volts. I'll be checking more things today and tommorrow.

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

I do! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

x2

While theres always a remote possibility of a getting a faulty product, I just happen to notice most of those that have these weird/insane issues are newb installers, not optimal conditions, other components bought online unauthorized, self installed....just makes troubleshooting things so **** more difficultonder:

 

[Ruffy 10+ year member]

Havent had the time to swap crossovers but I will do that today. I tried swapping my rca's since that was a 2 minute thing, same issue so it's not that. I have to check voltages all around again. Not looking foward to hearing a 1khz sine wave with audio almost at max though.

 

[slikrider20 10+ year member]

Whats wrong with putting crossovers in the door? Water damage possibilities?

I think he just said that because he was going to try and swap the crossovers, and if it was in the door it'd be a ***** and a half to just check something....as opposed to where it was mounted on the door it'd be about 10x easier.

 

[filtor1 10+ year member]

Whats wrong with putting crossovers in the door? Water damage possibilities?

Mainly due to excessive vibration caused to the component when a door is closed over and over. Someone here not too long ago was pissed b/c his crossovers were falling apart. The boards were actually breaking. It was due to the crossovers being mounted in the doors. Along with the constant threat to the crossovers due to slamming the doors, there is the issue of the elements, mainly water intrusion. These 2 reasons alone should be enough to find a better location.

 

[Pr0d1gy 10+ year member]

" Think I found out whats wrong with my SLC's"

They're made by Rainbow? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[6spdcoupe 5,000+ posts]

" Think I found out whats wrong with my SLC's"
They're made by Rainbow? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Look who the thread dumper is..Especially coming from someone with NO experience whatsoever with the product. Nice.

 

[Pr0d1gy 10+ year member]

Look who the thread dumper is..Especially coming from someone with NO experience whatsoever with the product. Nice.

It was supposed to be a joke, you really need to get over yourself. And while we're at it I have noticed an increased number of what's wrong with my rainbows threads lately, so you need to worry about that instead of getting all bent out of shape over a silly joke. Back to my ignore list you go....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[Ruffy 10+ year member]

well I checked my voltage and both channels held strong. So I swapped crossovers and the problem moved over to the right side. Opened up the crossover and discovered something. The tweeter protection bulb was going nuts. While playing music loud the left side would stay fairly steady if the music was steady. The one on the bad crossover was pulsing on and off randomly.

Poked the bulb and it came out of its socket!. Put it back in and tightened down the screws that are supposed to hold it in and problem went away. Seems it was a loose connection on the tweeter protection.

Still lacks the kick I want. But sounds a lot better.

 

[headless 10+ year member]

How about that - a loose screw! Funny how small the things can be that cause such extensive problems. Germaniums for the kick imo //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif