Infinite913 Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 ok I have two dual 2 zcons and I just built a new box for them. I have them wired in series to achieve a 2 ohm load. They are resting at 2.1 ohms with a straight reading. I put the new box in hooked them up to the amp and played it for 20 seconds or so and instantly notice the no good smell. So i went back and felt the woofers to see if the dustcaps were hot or warm and one was extremely hot and the other was as if it wasnt even played at all. What I have done so far. I have pulled off the wires and checked each individual coil and it all reads a perfect 2.2ohm per coil. I am curious if my speaker wire lengths all need to be the same being that the amp is a mono im not exactly sure on that aspect but I know something is wrong somewhere. I did not do this in my other box. The box is a 6th order so its pretty much a mirrored box and all dimensions are the exact same. HELP ME!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getlocivic Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 maybe 1 has slight coil rub? causing extra friction?? free air both woofers and see if u hear or smell anything strange.. length of speaker wire shouldnt matter unless u have 1 lead 2ft long and 1 lead 6ft long..that might cause a issue then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCricket12 Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 I had this problem with my L7's wired the same you have. My problem was the woofer that was getting hot was at a weird ohm load bc I hooked up the coils wrong so I say double check that. After I looked up the wiring diagram supplied by kicker and wired my subs again paying more attention I never had that problem again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmilch Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 maybe 1 has slight coil rub? causing extra friction?? free air both woofers and see if u hear or smell anything strange.. length of speaker wire shouldnt matter unless u have 1 lead 2ft long and 1 lead 6ft long..that might cause a issue then Wouldnt even cause an issue then! Good suggestion, free air both on low wattage one at a time and listen for a problem... Quote Pioneer AVH-P4300DVD | Hertz 6.5 | Alpine Type R 6x9 | Custom 200A Alt | Knu Flek 1/0 Big 3 and all wiring | Eclipse EA3422 | AudioQue 2200d | DC XL 12 | Red Oak Box ~2.8 cubes @ 30 hz | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getlocivic Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 ^^^ thats because kicker uses a main coil (the 1 with the dots on them) his woofers have no such thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbox88 Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Triple check your wiring to make sure sure you didn't wire 1 at 1 ohm and 1 at 4 ohms. Wire lengths don't need to be the same. Quote UBL | Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinite913 Posted December 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 i have both speakers wired exactly how the12volt.com shows how to wire in series/ the - on speaker A terminal 1 is wired to the + on terminal 2 then the - on terminal 2 is jumped out to connecting amp the terminal 2 + is also jumped out to hook up to amp the same is repeated for speaker b basically wiring up to 4 and bringing down to 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinite913 Posted December 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 the subs just were pulled from my other box and placed into this new one. They were working perfect with no smell or funky noises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbox88 Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 The you wired it wrong on install. Pull and check to be sure. Quote UBL | Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getlocivic Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 so u swapped boxes and the issue went away?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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