subwoofer dead?
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: subwoofer dead?
Posted By: micrors4racer
Subject: subwoofer dead?
Date Posted: August 28, 2009 at 6:47 PM
I was cruising around town in 100 degree temps and my sub suddenly went out. I checked it out and it appears one of my 2 10"s doesn't work. The sub plays fine when I unplug the none working speaker. Is one of them dead? :[
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Posted By: tommy...
Date Posted: August 28, 2009 at 7:06 PM
You can flip/flop the rca's...then see if the other subs starts playing...flip/flop the wires at the amp...then see if the other sub starts playing...And worst case , take the sub out and see if a wire came off the sub...! What do you mean by " the sub plays fine when you unplug the non-working one:...? Does the sound increase when you do this...?
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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: August 28, 2009 at 7:17 PM
I think he has a shorted sub. When he disconnects the shorted one the other one begins to play. If this is the case, do not reconnect that sub. It is dead.
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Posted By: tommy...
Date Posted: August 28, 2009 at 7:46 PM
aaaaahhhhh...Are you familiar w/ how to set gains...Although it could of been its time...How was everything wired...
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Posted By: micrors4racer
Date Posted: August 28, 2009 at 9:23 PM
I set the gain with a multimeter before. I will check out all the wiring once its not super hot outside. And yes when both are connected you can only here very very faint noises coming out but once I unhook the "dead" speaker the other side plays normal.
Posted By: tommy...
Date Posted: August 29, 2009 at 7:52 AM
For a second...I thought polarity was incorrect...But it played fine untill that point ...right...?
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Posted By: micrors4racer
Date Posted: August 29, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Yup, its been playing fine since January until today it just went silent as I was driving around.
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: August 29, 2009 at 2:07 PM
i am an idiot wrote:
I think he has a shorted sub. When he disconnects the shorted one the other one begins to play. If this is the case, do not reconnect that sub. It is dead.
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Posted By: micrors4racer
Date Posted: August 29, 2009 at 4:29 PM
So its dead for sure. What do you guys think caused it?
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: August 29, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Your right hand.
Posted By: micrors4racer
Date Posted: August 29, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Haha maybe so. I set the gain using the multimeter method and volume 23 out of 30 was my limit. When it died out I was listening on a volume of 20.
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