xdq2x Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 So i have been going crazy trying to figure this out lately, ever since i installed my subs i have smelt speaker coil even if i play songs for just 5 minutes, and i know its not the new speaker smell because after 5 minutes of playing the smell gets stronger so its definitely not the new speaker smell. So i was thinking it was my gains set incorrectly, so i used a digital multimeter to set my gains but it still has the smell, if anything it made it worse! I have a Skar RP-2000.1 and (2) Skar audio EVL-15 D4 subs, and i have them wired to 1 ohm. Anybody have any ideas why this is happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 no good reason for smelly coils with that amp on those subs. get an o-scope or dd-1 and set your gains right because you dont know where your headunit clips with a multi-meter. tldr: you are probably clipping your subs to death. Rest in peace, walled 87 accord build log 03' Corolla build with AA Mayhem inside. My super random youtube channel and terrible camera work. Wiring comparison by CaptainzPlanetz Wire and fuse guide by Guest SyKo13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdq2x Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 15 minutes ago, strangeduck said: no good reason for smelly coils with that amp on those subs. get an o-scope or dd-1 and set your gains right because you dont know where your headunit clips with a multi-meter. tldr: you are probably clipping your subs to death. That’s what i was thinking about doing, picking up a dd-1... i was just very confused because initially i had taken it to a shop and had them tune it and i was still getting smelly coils from 5 minutes of playing so i decided to try and tune it myself and seems like i may have made it worse ... so i think ill get a dd-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdq2x Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Cause i did the ohms law formula with the V=√P x Ohms, which comes out to be V=√2000watts x 1Ω which ends up equaling 44.72V so i turned my radio up to 30/40 volume and turned on a 50hz tone and i set my amp to 44.72V but seems to have made it worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronT Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Well did you mess with EQ, loud, bass boost it sub leval after you set gains? 30 out of 40 is definitely clean. I have yet to see a deck that distorts at ¾ of it's volume Meade tested a gaggle of headunits and even shitty boss and power acoustik decks had clean signal at max volume or 2 clicks under max volume . This was with head units flat though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdq2x Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 2 hours ago, AaronT said: Well did you mess with EQ, loud, bass boost it sub leval after you set gains? 30 out of 40 is definitely clean. I have yet to see a deck that distorts at ¾ of it's volume Meade tested a gaggle of headunits and even shitty boss and power acoustik decks had clean signal at max volume or 2 clicks under max volume . This was with head units flat though. Nope, had EQ’s set to zero while measuring and didn’t change it after measuring it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdq2x Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 So i measure my voltage again with different frequencies playing and i measured 44 volts on 50hz tone but like 65 volts on 30hz tone, is that normal? The lower hertz tones produced more voltage is that normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackFactory Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 Are you setting it with the subs plugged into the amp or unplugged? Make sure all crossovers are turned off. On the deck and the amp itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdq2x Posted January 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 48 minutes ago, CrackFactory said: Are you setting it with the subs plugged into the amp or unplugged? Make sure all crossovers are turned off. On the deck and the amp itself. I unplugged the subs and have all the crossovers off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowfkncar Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 2 hours ago, xdq2x said: So i measure my voltage again with different frequencies playing and i measured 44 volts on 50hz tone but like 65 volts on 30hz tone, is that normal? The lower hertz tones produced more voltage is that normal? http://audiojudgement.com/speaker-impedance-curve-explained/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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