What Did I Do to My Sub??

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

Why do you assume the 850 was clipping?

it was most likely clipping because of where u had the gain set..

 

[Master0fPuppets 10+ year member]

So what's the highest I could safely set the gain?

Aside from doing it with a multimeter and oscilloscope, I need to do it by here.

 

[Master0fPuppets 10+ year member]

hook up the sub in series man. wire one of the - coils to the other coils +, then hook up the + and - from the amp to the terminals you have left

I got it. I meant to do that but was a little careless when putting everything together.

But should the sub hit harder using both coils, or does it not really matter? like it just works more safely?

 

[Master0fPuppets 10+ year member]

I checked yesterday and one voice coil works fine whenn hooked up to the amp by itself, while the other shorts out the amp like before.

So, I guess I've destroyed one voice coil?