Why would this Magic Smoke happen?

[Bass911 10+ year member]

I was hooking up 4 Type R's, and 2 were playing and 2 were smoking. One was smoking way more than the other. They were smoking for about a minute at low volume and low gain. I didn't even have them screwed in yet. So I ran back there and yanked the speaker wire out of the 2 that were smoking. It was wired right. I had 2 subs wired for 1ohm on channel 1 and the same for channel 2. The amp is an ap30001d. I re-wired it to a higher ohm an all the subs worked fine, but that was not enough power for my taste. The subs were not smoking anymore while playing. One sub still stinks a little from the coil smoking, but is not smoking. The next day I re-wired all to a 2ohm mono load. This is the full power of the amp and it sounds way better and no smoke. I let it wang for a bit at the car wash just to see if I could get those 2 that were smoking to blow because I figure they didn't have much life left in them. They are still going strong, but they might quit on me later down the road. Does anyone knows why this happened?

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[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

type r's + lung cancer?

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

so you hooked them back up the same way as when there smoking but now they are not? mabye u had it wired wrong

 

[Bass911 10+ year member]

I didn't have them wired wrong. I been hooking up subs and amps for years. This amp didn't like the 1ohm load per channel, I guess? Keep in mind there is no way you can hook 2 dual 4's below 1ohm. If there is I don't know about it. The last way I re-wired was just me running the amp like 2 strapped amps at a 2ohm load, and that worked. I still don't see how that is that much different than the first way I had it hooked up because the amp is producing the same power both ways?

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

Nvm