What causes a frozen spider/ vc

[hockey512546 10+ year member]

I have a speaker with a frozen spider. I know it's useless now, but was wondering, What causes a frozen spider? I took the magnet off and the cone moves freely, then after putting the magnet back on, it goes back to being stuck. What happens inside the speaker to cause this?

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[teen 10+ year member]

did the voice coil come unwound at all? normally when the cone get stuck or caught up, its because the VC came undone or is rubbing.

 

[bball09124 10+ year member]

I have a speaker with a frozen spider. I know it's useless now, but was wondering, What causes a frozen spider? I took the magnet off and the cone moves freely, then after putting the magnet back on, it goes back to being stuck. What happens inside the speaker to cause this?

I don't know what this "frozen spider" is you speak of, but my 10" RE SX's top plate shifted, pinching the coil between the steel top plate and the ferrite (magnet) slugs. I may be talking about something different though.

 

[PaulThompson229 10+ year member]

If your talking about locked up suspension it is from the voice coils getting so hot that they weld themselves to the inside of the motor gap, a buddy of mine did this to his L7 on 2.5Kw

 

[hockey512546 10+ year member]

the VC looks fine,

not rubbing or anything

Heres the frozen spider thread

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=381623

when i got them, the glue seal on the problem speaker holding the magnet was broken

 

[thorshammer1 10+ year member]

DA FREEZA!! LOL

Driving them too hard, clipped signal etc...

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

the VC looks fine,not rubbing or anything

Heres the frozen spider thread

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=381623

when i got them, the glue seal on the problem speaker holding the magnet was broken

it can be fixed, just needs to be sent off.

pm teampsi, he can fix it for you

 

[hockey512546 10+ year member]

Here are some pics, sorry about the blurriness



Magnet (broken seal)



Voice Coil (a few tiny chips at the top, barely noticeable)



Voice Coil



Magnet (hole in material at tip of pen)

I got these supposedly BNIB

obviously not

 

[RE_XXX]

The former could be hanging up on the pole piece or an edge inside. Had the same thing happen to me

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

This tiny spider is frozen to the outside of the window. I used a 4x macrofilter, f20, with flash to get this shot. I used all combinations of f-stops and filters and flash. This was the best combination. It is a very young barn spider.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

 

[shaneb 10+ year member]

Could have been defective BNIB, it is a cheap pair of Components.

 

[hockey512546 10+ year member]

Possibly, except one side had all the plastic on it in the box and the bad one did not. The crossover has a scratch too.

Nice frozen spiders

 

[Shinju 10+ year member]

the VC looks fine,not rubbing or anything

Heres the frozen spider thread

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=381623

when i got them, the glue seal on the problem speaker holding the magnet was broken

Sounds like a piss poor packing job bent the basket and miss alligned the coil, Its pretty fcked at this point.

Takes a lot of force to snap a magnet off a basket.