What temperature is "too cold" to bump??

[fatboyracing 10+ year member]

I try not to go outside in the real cold so who knows

 

[mackin 10+ year member]

I always hear its bad for your subs to bump in cold weather, but whats too cold? I live in Minnesota so it gets pretty **** cold. What you guys think?

i'm also in minnesota. i usually just play at medium volume for until i get out of my neighborhood and then i turn it up.

i've also just turned them up right away (not when i'm in my neighborhood) and there were no problems. it's just not quite as loud when they're cold.

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

I try not to go outside in the real cold so who knows

your speakers can handle it better than you *****//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

I actually take my rl-p out in cold weather because the aluminum cone,feel kinda stupid...but Its one of my favorates

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

the real question is:

when is it too hot to bump?

 

[Adnan 10+ year member]

i live in canada so its pretty effin cold ( no i dont live in an igloo)

let your subs bump at a low volume for the first 5 mins and slow increase the volume

by 3-5 increments...or i just play tracks with low bass notes at a low volume of course

it will quicken the process

basicly the idea is that a cold temperature the glue holding the inside componenets

of the sub is well either pretty darn cold or frozen....therefore you have a increased

chance of blowing your sub or loosening the glue

 

[groundpound4200 5,000+ posts]

I wait until my car is warm to bump. I just think of how brittle stuff can get when its super cold. I've seen those old Pioneer IMPP cones **** near shatter in the cold.

 

[MkKin420 10+ year member]

the real question is:
when is it too hot to bump?

Good question I know heat effects your system a lot more drastically than cold. I warm up the car a bit and start out at low volumes to warm up the vc's, dont really know if it makes any difference, but thats just me.

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

just play it on medium volume for about 2 or 3 minutes and then your good to go. If it is really cold start off at low volumes

 

[DDeitz 10+ year member]

i live in canada so its pretty effin cold ( no i dont live in an igloo)let your subs bump at a low volume for the first 5 mins and slow increase the volume

by 3-5 increments...or i just play tracks with low bass notes at a low volume of course

it will quicken the process

basicly the idea is that a cold temperature the glue holding the inside componenets

of the sub is well either pretty darn cold or frozen....therefore you have a increased

chance of blowing your sub or loosening the glue

how the **** did you get anything but an igloo? when i was standing in line for the gov't to hand out dwellings all they gave were igloos...****ing liar.

 

[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

i live in canada so its pretty effin cold ( no i dont live in an igloo)

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[M-ushroom 10+ year member]

Its -40oC where i live and I have a kicker cvr as a winter sub and it has had the wires from the sub to the inside of the box snap twice and the sub is all cracked from the cold and i have already fried one amp... thank god for winter system

 

[MasterOfAllBass 10+ year member]

well if its cold out and you play your shit @ high vol, the fast change in the voice coils temp will make condensation that will creat rust.

iv seen this before. i also live in mn and seen magnets/poll peice have rust cuz by play there shit in very cold weather.

Also fast changes in temp is not good for amps as well

 

[Adnan 10+ year member]

how the **** did you get anything but an igloo? when i was standing in line for the gov't to hand out dwellings all they gave were igloos...****ing liar.

okay...you got me there hotshot i live in a igloo...very funny

 

[Adnan 10+ year member]

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