Smelly Subs?

**frugmonkey** · 07-17-2006, 06:29 PM

only got a crappy camera phone but i'll try and get some pics as i'm worling through

**Shadow** · 07-17-2006, 07:01 PM

Umm, your subs shouldn't have a 6V signal going to them. You mean your amps had a 6V signal input voltage?

**scottsenia** · 07-18-2006, 02:24 AM

sometimes if you don't take your subs slow for the first few weeks after install they mess up. i bought some new and pumped them out the roof and haha they had no chance

**frugmonkey** · 07-18-2006, 06:52 AM

yeah, thats why i'm takin em steady, i don't wanna blow them up before ive started

**RedGTiVR6** · 07-18-2006, 08:25 AM

speakers are mechanical devices they do require break in just like any other mechanical device.

**scottsenia** · 07-19-2006, 11:45 PM

ok i know the smell. i was in a friends car and its because they are overheating in the trunk. try not to run them as long in the heat. 20 minutes at a complete max! i only run mine 10 minutes at a time in this summer heat

**RedGTiVR6** · 07-20-2006, 07:50 AM

scottsenia - it all depends on your equipment, making a blanket statement like 20 minutes max isn't an educated statement.

**frugmonkey** · 07-21-2006, 06:48 PM

hahahahaha, it would now transpire that the smell coming from my subs, wasn't coming from my subs, it was the amp cooking itself from the inside, bummer

**furball69** · 07-22-2006, 04:48 PM

Figures; you shouldn't be able to smell a burning voice coil from inside a truly sealed box.

**fatmanmitch** · 07-23-2006, 12:48 AM

Originally Posted by furball69

Figures; you shouldn't be able to smell a burning voice coil from inside a truly sealed box.

Are you saying sealed and unported? If so, I suppose, but if you mean ported (which I am presuming you do) I believe that is not correct. Even in my PC speaker system when I crank up my sub (200 RMS 10") I can smell it, but problem-free going on 3 years now.