help!!!

[orionexplorer]

i have 4 dc level 3 12's with brand new dual 4 recones. i tried to hook them up to test them and one sub is acting funny. they are wired in paralel so the ohm load should be .5 ohms. 3 of the subs respond fine but one of them is moving much more than the others. both coils on this sub is fine but for some reason it moves like its only getting power through one coil. what could be the problem here?

[orionexplorer]

anyone know whats going on here?

[BeachJoshua]

[bobonit]

i have 4 dc level 3 12's with brand new dual 4 recones. i tried to hook them up to test them and one sub is acting funny. they are wired in paralel so the ohm load should be .5 ohms. 3 of the subs respond fine but one of them is moving much more than the others. both coils on this sub is fine but for some reason it moves like its only getting power through one coil. what could be the problem here?

Have you used a DMM to check each coil? Make sure each coil reads ok, then check the readings as you wire them in parallel to make sure you have them wired correctly, including polarity.

[CheezyMane13]

Have you used a DMM to check each coil? Make sure each coil reads ok, then check the readings as you wire them in parallel to make sure you have them wired correctly, including polarity.

Exactly check the resistance of each sub as you wire it up, and all of then together to make sure each is at 2 ohms and each coil is at 4 ohms

[n8ball2013]

Have you used a DMM to check each coil? Make sure each coil reads ok, then check the readings as you wire them in parallel to make sure you have them wired correctly, including polarity.

im with this guy.

[orionexplorer]

i have checked each coil individually and they all read 4.4. wired them together two at a time and the all read 1.4. just one by itself in parelel it reads 2.4 and with all of them wired together they read .8. all coils are perfectly fine. i have no idea why its doing this. i even tried wireing them in series witch comes out to a 2 ohm load when they're all wired together and i still get the same result. one random sub goens retarded.

[bobonit]

i have checked each coil individually and they all read 4.4. wired them together two at a time and the all read 1.4. just one by itself in parelel it reads 2.4 and with all of them wired together they read .8. all coils are perfectly fine. i have no idea why its doing this. i even tried wireing them in series witch comes out to a 2 ohm load when they're all wired together and i still get the same result. one random sub goens retarded.

That one sub that reads 2.4, you are saying that both coils individually read 4.4, but the 2 coils in parallel reads 2.4. But the rest of them read 4.4 individually and 1.4 in parallel? The 2.4 reading sounds more correct than the other 3 since it is closer to 1/2 of the individual measurements. Maybe you need to take the wiring out of the equation. Take a couple lengths of cable and use them to test each speaker individually. Wire the coils in parallel, measure. Then take that same wire off of that speaker and go to the next, and so on and so on. Something is not right.

[orionexplorer]

no i meant if i wire two subs together in paralel they read 1.4. my bad i just read it back to myself and its confusing the way i worded it. in shor i have wired all the subs in every possible combination and they all read fine, coils are fine. still the same result though.