What Did I Do to My Sub??

[Master0fPuppets 10+ year member]

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=206371Come back and ask your questions when your done. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

you don't just hook up one coil. shoulda used a wiring wizard.

Oh god...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gifset gains correctly (there's a how-to thread in the amp section), use no bass boost, and then see how you like it.

If its still not enough, then you'll have to get an amp, or (what I'd do) put it up for trade for a dual 4 version of the same sub

Ouch guys! I actually did read most of that information. The reason I had the gain and boost so high was to compensate for how loud my front stage is. I'm running a PG RSD6.5cs component set in the front powered by a Kicker KX250.2 85 watts RMS x 2 at 4 ohms (125 watts RMS x 2 at 2 ohms) set to about set to about 75% gain.

I never turn my Pioneer P6400 head unit about 48 out of 60.

I looked at the diagram as to hook up the sub, I just got a little mixed up trying to get the job done quickly. The plan was to wire it to a 4Ohm load, and it is now. I didn't notice it was wired wrong until I took it out this week.

I would love to trade it for a 4Ohm DVC sub so I could get full power out of the amp, but I'm not sure if its broken, and don;t want to rip anyone off.

 

[60ndown 10+ year member]

How do I test each separately?

connect wires to each coil 1 coil at a time seperately,

if both coils make the sub move then you might be ok.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

way to kill your sub. you don't just hook up one coil. shoulda used a wiring wizard for the ohm load you wanted lemme see if i can find it...
http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/rftech/woofer_wizard.asp

you can wire one coil if you like, but you have to realize that the rms rating on the woofer is over both coils. so when running one coil, cut rms in half.

 

[Master0fPuppets 10+ year member]

connect wires to each coil 1 coil at a time seperately,
if both coils make the sub move then you might be ok.

So they diffinetly work one at a time.

So when I was running off one coil, was I getting all the performance I could have out of that woofer, just risking the subwoofer?

 

[Master0fPuppets 10+ year member]

you can wire one coil if you like, but you have to realize that the rms rating on the woofer is over both coils. so when running one coil, cut rms in half.

Yea the woofers only rated to 50-400 watts RMS (200 watts per coil). I was running 850RMS almost maxed out in gain to just one coil.

I thought I was giving it a little under 500RMS load throw both coild when I hooked it up at 4 Ohms. Oops.

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

Yea the woofers only rated to 50-400 watts RMS (200 watts per coil). I was running 850RMS almost maxed out in gain to just one coil.

I thought I was giving it a little under 500RMS load throw both coild when I hooked it up at 4 Ohms. Oops.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif shit man

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

i am surprised that at 850w clipping you didn't lose the sub in the first month

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

get it wired to 4ohm, and set the amp with a multi meter, then let us know how it sounds

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

if he was playin bass mekanik it would be gone pretty fast.

 

[Master0fPuppets 10+ year member]

if he was playin bass mekanik it would be gone pretty fast.

What's bass mekanik?

I went threw a phase where I listened to alot of Rage, Chili Peppers, and random other songs that where woofer heavy. This was my first sub, so I pretty much started listening to all the incredibly bass heavy music from my favorite bands for the past months. But states I don't listen to rap or techno or any really bassy music.

I guess this is a testament to the build quality of kicker subs

With 850 RMS I figured the sub would have been louder than it was. Would it be playing at max volume only hooked up to one VC or will a 4 ohm DVC loaded to 2 Ohm throw both coils be louder?

 

[Master0fPuppets 10+ year member]

i am surprised that at 850w clipping you didn't lose the sub in the first month

Why do you assume the 850 was clipping?

 

[Firmbiz94 10+ year member]

why dont you just check the resistance of yor voice coils to see if the sub is blown..

 

[Master0fPuppets 10+ year member]

why dont you just check the resistance of yor voice coils to see if the sub is blown..

I have an Ohm meter. What do I do to check this, just touch the ends on the input and output for each coil? What am I looking for then?

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

What's bass mekanik? I went threw a phase where I listened to alot of Rage, Chili Peppers, and random other songs that where woofer heavy. This was my first sub, so I pretty much started listening to all the incredibly bass heavy music from my favorite bands for the past months. But states I don't listen to rap or techno or any really bassy music.

I guess this is a testament to the build quality of kicker subs

With 850 RMS I figured the sub would have been louder than it was. Would it be playing at max volume only hooked up to one VC or will a 4 ohm DVC loaded to 2 Ohm throw both coils be louder?

Bass Mekanik is an artist who makes bass songs, some are pretty technoey and atmospheric but with a lot of bass to them, most are pretty relaxing to listen too. you can get bass mekanik's cd's at Best Buy, his Sonic Overload one is a good one, comes with a test disk, i remember i fried a sub listenin to those sweeps from 80 hz to 20 hz one time lol. so be careful if you do get that cd.

I had a 2003 Kicker 12 cvr dual 4 ohm, wired it in parallel for 2 ohms, hit real good with every genre of music, had decent SQ, was a good sub for the money.

 

[MyFartsStink 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