Brand New Kicker Smells Like Burning!
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: May 03, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Topic: Brand New Kicker Smells Like Burning!
Posted By: nikel
Subject: Brand New Kicker Smells Like Burning!
Date Posted: March 14, 2006 at 4:55 PM
hi
i have bought and just installed a kicker comp vr 15 (2*2ohm 500rms)
its installed on 70lt ported box (that was best for my old punch p2)
connected to a mono,audison(600rms@4 ohm)
in serial mode
i turned it on, increased volume of the song called ''get low'' slowly with a great exitement,
at the end of the song the volume was 70 percent
but the car was smelling awfull!!
this smell came from the brand new sub!
it wasnt look like burnt, no change in the quality of sound but the smell was terrifiying
ok now, everybody says different things,
some say change the liter of the box,
some says its normal, you need at least 6 hours to get rid of that smell
some say you burned the coil
what do you think??? please share with us :)
Replies:
Posted By: tcss
Date Posted: March 14, 2006 at 5:04 PM
On the original "R" series it was common for a new sub to smell like it was burning, Alpine said it was excess glue around the voice coil burning off and not to worry. I would call Kicker customer service and find out if this is the case.
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Posted By: jstruckman
Date Posted: March 14, 2006 at 5:12 PM
My Kicker L7's always smelled like burnt voice coils after hammering on them for a while. No worries, the smell will go away eventually. Scares the hell out of you at firs though. Now lets see if my Brahma will do it to.
Jazzy
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Posted By: altbs
Date Posted: March 14, 2006 at 6:37 PM
I have two MTX 7500's that were display models at circuit city and I still smell them every morning it seems. Love the smell of voice coil in the morning. I hammer mine on a daily basis and I am so used to it I don't really work about this anymore. I would be more worried if it was in a sealed box but with a ported you are smelling it at the source in a way. Remember when it comes to electrical enery or energy in general really it can never be created or destroyed only transformed. They will get hot and they will release a smell that's the way it is. I wouldn't worry about it too much.
Posted By: pcguy760
Date Posted: March 15, 2006 at 1:14 AM
Hey this post caught my eye - because I just installed my L7 15" SoloBaric back in my SUV after a loooong time. It has been sitting on the shelf all this time and when we first turned it up and drove around - we noticed a burning smell too. Jumped behind the back seat and sure enough it was from the sub. Two days later now, I do not get the smell anymore... wierd eh? Sub seems to be sounding a bit better compared to the first day too.
Posted By: wrathchild281
Date Posted: March 15, 2006 at 4:40 PM
um there not blown, the smell is excess glue and it will eventually go away.
Posted By: Alien509
Date Posted: March 15, 2006 at 9:23 PM
As weird as this may seem my brother had these two 12s in a ported box and they started smelling funny like you were describing. He kept the volume up that way for about an hour and they caught on fire more than three times and kept kicking like they were new. Eventually they had it though and bit the dust.
Posted By: pcguy760
Date Posted: March 16, 2006 at 12:27 AM
Hey just to give you some more confidence, today is the fourth day since I put the L7 15" back and no more smell at all...
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