tweeter getting hot

hi!!   what a great forum  you got here.

im new to this forum and just want to ask something, i added another tweeter to my car audio and the tweeter magnet gets hot.  What is the problem? anybody can help me on this  ??

later,,,,sp33doe

thanx for the warmth  welcome....

its a small tweeter that was given to me by my friend, there aint really no specification on the tweeter.

i didnt use any crossover. i just hook it up on an extension speaker wire coming out of the stock speaker

no name on the tweeter

make and moel?    it a jeep liberty

thanks for the advice,, ill go out and shop for crossovers

thanks again

later,, sp33doe

It would be far simpler and probably about the same cost to just replace those factory speakers with coaxials that are already supplied with a mid/tweeter and tiny 1st order crossover.  The quality of the mid alone will most likely be much improved.  But, if you do want to try your hand at something new and gain a good learning experience, you can make the crossover yourself with parts from an audio retailer.

Here is a link to a crossover calculator  http://www.mhsoft.nl/spk_calc.asp#crossover  Since you don't know if the tweeter is 4 ohm or otherwise, you'll have to assume that both drivers are 4 ohms (if you can obtain a meter to measure resistance let us know).  Go to the 2nd order crossover and input type Butterworth and enter 3500 Hz, with each driver entered as 4 ohms.

You will see values given for caps and coils (inductors) and a diagram for each of the two drivers.  Find the values of the caps here http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?&DID=7&WebPage_ID=72

...and the coils here http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?&DID=7&WebPage_ID=313

Note:  these are the cheapest types of these components available but would be suitable for your project.  (But they are actually higher quality and handle more power than the typical crossover in a store-bought speaker system).  Now draw up your diagrams and put these values into it, selecting the value that is closest to what the calculator came up with.  With this info you can go locally and pick up the parts.

Here is some more info on building crossovers

http://www.partsexpress.com/resources/crossover/xoverfaqs.html

http://www.partsexpress.com/projectshowcase/xover/xover.html