Abraham2nd Posted June 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 19 minutes ago, audiofanaticz said: Voice coils are not rated in wattage, even the manufacture of the best coils has no real idea on wattage. You can take the same coil and use it in 2 completely different woofers. One woofer it may handle 3000 watts rms, while the other woofer it will handle 6000 watts rms. A lot of it is in the cooling of the motor. Trying to keep up with 2 10 inch mids shouldn't be hard at all with decent woofer. Im going to go out on the limb and say your 3000 watt 12 inch sub you had was either not a legit 3000 watt sub with inflated bogus ratings, or you had an amp that doesnt make any decent power to push the sub cleanly to its potential. Well the mids i have are 1000rms each being push by a taramps 😅 it's extreamly loudddd. . But there's something about the coil wiregauge or size that determines the maximum power it can actually handle. Regardless of the motor That's what i wanna know then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronT Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 If I was you I'd contact Patrick Chandler on Facebook, he runs robot underground. He's one of the most knowledgeable people's I know about building subwoofers. Unless you have the pole piece to accommodate the extra length added by the additional slugs, it won't matter much. Also there is a maximum saturation point in the motor assembly (saturation of magnetism, flux, etc) that may also lead to extra slugs doing nothing. I'm not very well versed in the topic but I talked to Patrick a lot and from the few years I've been talking to him this is kind of what I gathered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiofanaticz Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 You are correct Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abraham2nd Posted June 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 20 hours ago, AaronT said: If I was you I'd contact Patrick Chandler on Facebook, he runs robot underground. He's one of the most knowledgeable people's I know about building subwoofers. Unless you have the pole piece to accommodate the extra length added by the additional slugs, it won't matter much. Also there is a maximum saturation point in the motor assembly (saturation of magnetism, flux, etc) that may also lead to extra slugs doing nothing. I'm not very well versed in the topic but I talked to Patrick a lot and from the few years I've been talking to him this is kind of what I gathered Yes thank you spoke to him Already. Two question i want to ask. 1.) Which type of voice coil will take the highest rms possible for daily. (At 40hz and big ported box) round copper/flat copper/round aluminum or flat aluminum. And 2.) What gauge voice coil wire handles those kind of power. Thanks (Aiming for either dual 0.5ohms or dual 2ohms) Thanks a bunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1point21gigawatts Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 Flat aluminum can handle more heat so that’s the way to go for more rms handling. And when it comes to terminal to coil leads, read this. Get stitched leads on the spider. Doing big wires straight will cause wire slapping and something could eventually malfunction. https://psicaraudio.com/leadwire/ “How can we help you?” “And don’t forget to tell them that the customer isn’t always right.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abraham2nd Posted June 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 5 hours ago, 1point21gigawatts said: Flat aluminum can handle more heat so that’s the way to go for more rms handling. And when it comes to terminal to coil leads, read this. Get stitched leads on the spider. Doing big wires straight will cause wire slapping and something could eventually malfunction. https://psicaraudio.com/leadwire/ Thanks so much ill see go get a roll of that if its not tooo expensive. But how do you know about what guage calculations towards the coil youre doing? Ik theres different ohm at differeny wined per 1000ft or whatever but the gauge itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymo2u Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 Honestly, I would just go to PSI's site and have them custom build one (they have that option)and just get the baddest options they offer. It takes all the guesswork and headache out and you'll get a premium build quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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