L7 electric smell

[Mosley_23]

I have 2 kicker l7 15 q series. I was listening to them for maybe 25 minutes then I started to smell something funny and turn them off right away. So I got home and took both of them out of them box and only one of them had the funny smell so I tested them both and the one that had a funny smell the coils read 3.7 and 3.6 and the l7 that didn't have a smell read 3.9 and 4.1. They are 4 ohm subwoofers. I'm running them with a us amps d3dm amp. My electrical is decent. I have all 0 gauge including big 3. Mechman 240. And a 3400 agm up front and a 3100 agm in the back. Do you think the subwoofer is ok?

[MotorCityFats13]

you might have better luck asking the sub that question than people that cant see or smell it.... 3.6 for a 4 ohm coils is well with in range.... but that sub will be getting more power than the other if they are sharing the same amp but I think that amount would be trivial

[Guest]

If they were brand new that could possibly be the excess glue burning off but I doubt that is the issue

Its really a guessing game diagnosing a problem on the computer but it is likely the amp tuning not being correct

If you plan on running amps your entire life you should just buy a proper tuning tool like the SMD stuff

It could also be your box, you cannot play below the port tuning at loud volumes or the subs will hate you

to answer you question yes the subs are fine especially since they still read ohms on your meter

blown coils read nothing

that smell was your coil burning from being too hot probably from distortion

after a few abuses the coils will not work anymore

[ShadeTreeMechanic]

Distortion kills. You are kicking their butt. What amp are you running? What electrical upgrades have you done?

[Audioholic]

I run kicker too there is 2 very distinct smells. Smells 1 is like poop on fire. That's the coil over heating and the glue melting your smelling.The second is electrical that's when your clipping/ distortion. Them subs about to POP!