KevinH Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 ok this just started today, one of me subs is getting noticably warmer than the other, they are both wire exactly the same but after bumping for about two minutes the cone on one sub is warm and the other is cool to the touch, what would be causing this, and also nether of them are blow they sound perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryptonitewhite Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 ok this just started today, one of me subs is getting noticably warmer than the other, they are both wire exactly the same but after bumping for about two minutes the cone on one sub is warm and the other is cool to the touch, what would be causing this, and also nether of them are blow they sound perfect thats a good question, have you watched them in action? does one move different than the other? mechanical failure, or maybe coil jumped gap, something keeping 1 from moving freely or a broken coil shorting out on pole piece?? Quote IB3 22" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinH Posted April 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 they move the same, no distortion with either speaker and the both hit just as hard, and there is no burning smell, just gets warm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decaf Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 try to rewire the subs, the sub getting warm might be the first one getting power and for some reason this has happened to me too how are they wired mono amp? what gauge wire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinH Posted April 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 i have a two channel amp, but i bridge the subs at 4 ohms (each dual 4 ohm coil sub wired at 8 ohms then bridged at the amp for a 4 ohm load) i have 10 gauge running from the amp too the box and then 8 gauge from the box to the subs, all wires are the same length Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulO2288 Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 i have a two channel amp, but i bridge the subs at 4 ohms (each dual 4 ohm coil sub wired at 8 ohms then bridged at the amp for a 4 ohm load) i have 10 gauge running from the amp too the box and then 8 gauge from the box to the subs, all wires are the same length Wow thats weird. Why would you run a smaller guage wire to the box, and then a larger wire to the subs? Shouldent it be the opposite or all the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinH Posted April 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 i would have did it all the same, but 8 gauge wire wouldnt fit into my wire terminals on the box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinH Posted April 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 ok i just checked my voice coils with a multimeter, and each of my coils are reading 3 ohms, not 4??? is this normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym85 Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 i would expect them to read lower than 4 ohms...but not as low as 3...thats wierd...i dunno Quote i likes me some audio stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinH Posted April 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 yea ive been having nothing but problems with these subs so im thinking about upgrading soon, but right now im just wondering if the sub that is getting warm is the only one getting power, and the other one isnt, my box has both subs vented to a single vent so maybe the air was moving my one sub that wasnt getting warm and it made it look like it was hitting, from what ive been reading it is normall for subs to get warm, i would try to hook them up seperate but i have them inside the house and out of the box right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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