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sydewayz_510

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Posted: May 03, 2005 at 3:16 AM / IP Logged

I have a 2 12 POWER DVC and both of them are wired the same way which is...parallel.....meaning i hooked the positive of one voice coil to the other positive of the other voice coil.....and the same for the negative side.....my subs are 4 ohms DVC.....i took my digital multi-meter and hooked it up to one of the subs...and it gives me a reading of 4ohms.....but when i tested the other speaker it gives me 2 ohms....my question is....can one of the voice coil on a singal sub blow out???...any response is greatly appreciated...thanks in advance...

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Posted: May 03, 2005 at 7:44 AM / IP Logged

Read ohms resistance across each individual voice coil with the wiring removed. Each set of terminals should read in the neighborhood of 3 ohms.

Second test: connect one sub at a time wired parallel to the amp. Listen for a difference in volume between the two. If one sub hits softer and is less audible than the other one then it is very possible for a coil to be bad.

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Posted: May 03, 2005 at 10:52 AM / IP Logged

can one of the voice coils on a single sub blow out???...

YES !

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Read ohms resistance across each individual voice coil with the wiring removed. Each set of terminals should read in the neighborhood of 3 ohms.

Theres the check......

sydewayz_510

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Posted: May 04, 2005 at 12:54 AM / IP Logged

thanks guys for the response....and ("F word") man....one of my sub is bad....man i dont know how i could have blown that thing out.....each of my subs are 1000 rms and 2000 peak......man i thought with that must JUICE....the subs would give me a much better room for errors...but i guess not.....can someone please tell me how could this have happen.....and i wonder if my amp is OK.....please give me the proper procedures in checking my amp and its functionality...please....my amp matters more to me than my subs....thanks in advance...

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Posted: May 05, 2005 at 1:32 AM / IP Logged

can someone please tell me the proper way to test an amp..

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Posted: May 05, 2005 at 6:14 AM / IP Logged

It's called a bench test, and best left to people with the PROPER (AKA expensive and heavy) equipment to do it correctly.

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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