I have 2x punch series 600rms and a audiopipe 1500 wored at 1 ohm. I have had this setup for about 3 months and just started smelling a burning smell filling the trunk. Could this be the excess glue burning off still? After nearly 3 months of use? I have my gain set quite high, about 80% up... Could it be clipping? Both of the subs have a peak of 1200watt, I find it hard to believe a 1500watt amp pushing 2 of these subs could have enough power to harm them, but I may be wrong. Any help would be great!
nate0
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Hopefully it is not a sealed box otherwise those subs might finally be gone. Is the 80% gain knob setting on the amp? A peak of 1200 watts too means short bursts or period of time. I doubt though you would be hitting their thermal limit through wattage from the amp.
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Yea i have the amp so high to get it to where i want it, because it IS sealed box lol.. they still work fine, so i dont believe they are damaged, just smelly asf
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Also, it was like a 10minute trip, nothing too extensive.. around 25% on HU i couldnt really pick out what it smelled like.. almost like plastic but then later i thought it smelled like glue.. so idk wtf is going on lol.. i checked connections and every wire seems to be fine, however on my 4 channel amp (to the door speakers) the wires were melted at the terminal.. so im kind of hoping that is the cause of the smell, but im really concerned about the subs.
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its stock alt that dips to 13v but rests at 14.6ish but yea im going to lower the gain a bit..
Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts
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Clippppppppppppppp.
Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts
Hurtin' feelings errrday.
Gain is not a volume knob. That sucker is cranked up to maxed out. That smell/smoke is caused by overdriving your amp to the subs, thus creating heat/a VERY clipped signal. Go buy a DMM if you don't have one and set your gain to 38.72 using a 50Hz tone, with HU 75-80% of max volume. Speaking of HU, what HU do you have and what are the pre out voltage?
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It's a pioneer avh 2300 nex, not sure of preamp voltage
Oh that's only 4 volts lol. Let the mother fu#$ker burn. Burn mother fu#$Ker burn.
Gain is waaaaaay too high
Gain is waaaaaay too high
Shouldn’t be able to smell woofers in a sealed box. So either your box isn’t sealed properly or the smell is coming from somewhere else.but it seems like you don’t know how to determine clipping. So u might be driving your woofers and have a leaky sealed box so I can smell them. Prly gunna be burnt up very soon
Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts
Gunz That Turn on Nunz
might want to learn to set all your amp and head unit settings correctly then proceed to upgrade to a ported box afterwards.
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