Subs Smoking

[af_guy421]

Today I was driving down the street bumping, and li8ke all of a sudden I started to smell burnt, and I looked back, and one of my subs was smoking. Like not just a little either. How bad did I fuck it, and is there anything I can do to save it? And what did I do.

[TheSilentChamber]

Thats almost cool. I'm going to say its fried beyond repair.

[bumpinstang77]

You went past the thermal poewr handling either by too much power or u clipped the fuck out of your amp.....but your subs are screwed.....even if they do still work it won't take much to blow them since the coils are already burnt.

[af_guy421]

what exactly do you mean by "clipping"?

[bumpinstang77]

the little volume thing on your amp is not a volume thing.....it is to match the input voltage of the head unit if you turn it up to high it creates a badly distorted signal which if you give clipping over the rms your sub...unless a very good one...will likely blow.

[af_guy421]

my subs are alpine 1421-R types. 4 omh impendancy... they shouldnt have blown from being such a good quality.

[bumpinstang77]

what was the amp and where were the gains?

[Mannyb18b]

Yes what kind of amp, and where were the gain and "bass boost" set at?

[RickwithaTbird]

yea.