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Newer sub keeps smoking?


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I have an Orion 2500d with a set of 4 power acoustik gothic gw3-10 1kw rms

2 of them are from a batch from release date and still work as day 1(ran mainly at .5 ohm). I bought another set so I could wire them for 1 ohm to reduce electrical load)

The 2nd set before wiring all 4 I installed just the 2 new ones at 2 ohm to break them in worked fine. I then installed all 4 after 3 month one of the new subs smoked and got it warrantied.

Another 2 months went by and then the sub I got warrantied got smoked as well. I bought another cause company wouldnt warranty the sub. 

I installed the one to replace warranty sub with 1 original 2nd set and then then the new one smoked again.

 

Is there a reason only the freshest subs getting burnt and smoking and old ones are playing fairly? 

When last one blew it hasn't even been 2 months

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How do u have your gain set?

All all the subs in individual chambers in the box or separate chambers?

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How exactly are they wired?

Each sub wired in series and then in parallel?

Or

Each sub in parallel and wired in series?

I always wire each sub in series and then parallel, so each sub sees power at the same time.

 

 

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I have had everything double and triple check after first one blew. 

My gain are set via dd1. And subs are in separate chambers 

It's a set of Orion double shot boxes

For subs I have each box setup at 2 ohms via

Subs parallels then series together.

Then each box to it's own terminal on my amp(dual speaker thermal mono block amp

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Please verify resistance with a multi meter for each box. Then touch the leads together on your multimeter and post all 3 readings here

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As if right now got 3ohm on 1 coil and 2.2 on the other(the sub that got smoked)

I had it wired to 1.33ohm with all when first setup smoked on when I installed them which amp is rated for 2500@1ohm.

2nd time wired at 2.2ohm with only 2 subs hooked up (2nd batch with new warranty) amp rated for 1700@ohm

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