Whyd my subs burn up?

[Jeff06 10+ year member]

I have 2 kicker 12" 4ohm L7's powered by a viper 1200.1d amp wired to 1ohm... my gain was set at like half way... whyd my subs coils burn up?

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[woahloud 10+ year member]

Box size. Sealed/ported. Coils got too hot.

 

[ANeonRider 10+ year member]

Clipping.

 

[Jeff06 10+ year member]

Box size. Sealed/ported. Coils got too hot.

.... well no ****.... they were on fire.... lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

but why? tell me what i did to make them burn up so when i get my new ones in they dont do the same thing?

 

[ANeonRider 10+ year member]

Clipping.

That is your answer, do a little reading and you will find out why.

 

[Diplexers 10+ year member]

That is your answer, do a little reading and you will find out why.

A moment of silence for the subs killed by friendly "fire".

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

hehe friendly "fire"

anyways, did u use the dmm like the nice sticky said??

 

[kelloggs33189 10+ year member]

how high was the sub level up on your head unit?

 

[Nikuk 5,000+ posts]

old post.