|
| Search | Car Forums | Gallery | Articles | Helper | Air Dried Fresh Beef Dog Food | IgorSushko.com | Corporate |
|
|||||||
| Car Audio Do you live in your car? Then you need to be able to listen to some high-quality music. |
 |
 Show Printable Version | 
Subscribe to this Thread
|
|
|
Thread Tools |
|
#1
05-04-2006, 01:45 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Locked up sub?!
Ok I got my PA amp in today and I hooked it up to my Dub200 sub...well, I had the sub running at 2 ohm and was using left channel only. I played test tones for about 10-15 minutes. Got bored of that and put in Late Nite Tip by 3 6 Mafia...about 2 minutes into the song my sub quits everything and some smoke comes out the ports. I instantly turn everything off and check the sub. It is frozen in place but hot. So I took it out of the box and let it cool some and tried to move the cone. Well, after a couple of minutes it moves but has a scratchy sound to it. But moves semi freely. Is it possibly that I blew the sub. The sub is rated at "400 watts rms" and I was pushing "440 watts rms" Is that enough to blow a sub? I mean it's only 40 watts over so would that have caused this?
|
|
#2
05-04-2006, 01:56 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Locked up sub?!
burnt voice coil.
__________________
-Josh- 96' Integra GSR / ITR cams/valvetrain. Skunk2 IM, Greddy evo2, AEM CAI, RMF Header, Megan testpipe, Hasport mounts, Eibach coilovers, Beaks tie bar, Megan H brace, Rota Attacks, F/R strut bar, Kirk 6 point cage, Bride Cugas, Takata 4 Point, ITR Steering wheel 98' SVT Contour, 3L Port-Matched swap with SVT cams/full bolt ons; 224fwhp. 01' Chevy Blazer, DD.
|
|
#4
05-04-2006, 03:32 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Locked up sub?!
i looked up the specs ont hat sub
it';s 400wrms @ 4 ohm, not 400wrms @ 2 ohm, you were overpowering the sub, way too much.
__________________
-Josh- 96' Integra GSR / ITR cams/valvetrain. Skunk2 IM, Greddy evo2, AEM CAI, RMF Header, Megan testpipe, Hasport mounts, Eibach coilovers, Beaks tie bar, Megan H brace, Rota Attacks, F/R strut bar, Kirk 6 point cage, Bride Cugas, Takata 4 Point, ITR Steering wheel 98' SVT Contour, 3L Port-Matched swap with SVT cams/full bolt ons; 224fwhp. 01' Chevy Blazer, DD.
|
|
#6
05-04-2006, 09:16 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Locked up sub?!
Quote:
and no, I mean't the sub.
__________________
-Josh- 96' Integra GSR / ITR cams/valvetrain. Skunk2 IM, Greddy evo2, AEM CAI, RMF Header, Megan testpipe, Hasport mounts, Eibach coilovers, Beaks tie bar, Megan H brace, Rota Attacks, F/R strut bar, Kirk 6 point cage, Bride Cugas, Takata 4 Point, ITR Steering wheel 98' SVT Contour, 3L Port-Matched swap with SVT cams/full bolt ons; 224fwhp. 01' Chevy Blazer, DD.
|
|
#7
05-04-2006, 09:21 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Locked up sub?!
he prolly meant that its a 4 ohm sub and its rated at 400 rms..
either way.. the sub sucks, it doesnt handle 400 rms, and even though it sucks to blow a sub, consider it to be a blessing in disguise and get something a little nicer  oh and yeah its definately blown.
__________________
1996 Explorer 4.0 V6 4x4 Sold all my shit.  waiting for more money
|
|
#10
05-04-2006, 10:56 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Locked up sub?!
^lol,
Oh yeah your sub is toasted i have about 4 laying around my house now from friends who put shit amps to shit subs. What it sounded like he was saying was that he put the amp at 2 ohm and if thats the case it would be well over 800rms if its actually rated right. Let alone the fact that the sub isnt actually rated correctly.
__________________
Cant remember who posted it but if you see it give yourself credit Don't ever look at cars as just imports or domestics. Just because a car is made in a certain country doesn't mean that it is anything like another car from that country. An example of this is Mitsubishi reliability, just because they are Japanese doesn't mean that they are as reliable as a Honda or Toyota. Cardomain
|
|
#11
05-04-2006, 11:37 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Locked up sub?!
No. My amp can run at 380 at 4 ohm and 440 watts at 2 ohm so I thought hey lets get the most power out of it and you have read the results. Anyways, thank god I am a thrifty person and save all my receipts. They couldn't give me my money back but did do an exchange for me. For now this sub will have to do though. A crap sub is better than no sub in my case. Anyways I really need to find some other subs but won't break me. I am wanting to have 2 12's that are 2 ohm each that way I get the most power. But I need them to handle 440 watts rms (if PA didn't over rate my amp). Also is there anyway to check how many watts I am running at? I have a digital voltmeter but don't know how to use it. (Yes I'm stupid) Anyways about the subs I am wanting to get like a deal so that if my girlfriend asks why'd you spend $XXX on 2 subs I want to be able to say well, it was buy one get one half off or something like that.
|
|
#12
05-04-2006, 11:42 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Re: Locked up sub?!
Stop wasting your time and money with crap and buy something decent that will last awhile. Ascendant is good and they dont even cost that much. Plus it will sound better than any 2 sub combination that is sold in stores, assuming you put it in a good box. hell it would probably sound better just sitting in free air.
__________________
 96 EJ6. Future home of boosted B18C1.
|
|
#13
05-04-2006, 11:51 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Locked up sub?!
I need to get pictures of my box. It's 34 wide 20 deep and 20 tall. Rigth now I have to 2 1/8" round holes for ports. I need to order some ports so that I will be at 23 or so hz. I seen some eclipse subs at a circut city but the power rating is at 300 rms and I am worried about over powering those. I am wanting a sub a little more on the SPL side than AA's.
|
|
#14
05-05-2006, 12:04 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Re: Locked up sub?!
Oh. Well do whatever you want. Eclipse is decent. SPL is pointless for daily listening. It gets really annoying after a while.
__________________
96 EJ6. Future home of boosted B18C1.
|
|
#15
05-05-2006, 11:10 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Locked up sub?!
Quote:
__________________
-Josh- 96' Integra GSR / ITR cams/valvetrain. Skunk2 IM, Greddy evo2, AEM CAI, RMF Header, Megan testpipe, Hasport mounts, Eibach coilovers, Beaks tie bar, Megan H brace, Rota Attacks, F/R strut bar, Kirk 6 point cage, Bride Cugas, Takata 4 Point, ITR Steering wheel 98' SVT Contour, 3L Port-Matched swap with SVT cams/full bolt ons; 224fwhp. 01' Chevy Blazer, DD.
|
|
|
POST REPLY TO THIS THREAD |
 |
|
|
