Smelly Subs? - Page 2

scottsenia · 07-19-2006, 10:45 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, 06:50 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, 05:48 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, 03:48 PM

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

fatmanmitch · 07-22-2006, 11:48 PM

Quote: 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.

furball69 · 07-23-2006, 01:15 AM

OMG, are you serious?

RedGTiVR6 · 07-23-2006, 07:42 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by furball69

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

what about an inverted sub?

Shadow · 07-23-2006, 09:12 AM

Or the fact that the dustcap doesn't seal the inside of the coil off from in front of the dustcap

frugmonkey · 07-24-2006, 05:50 AM

i'd try inverting them, but the problem is trying to hide them, there's a lot of theiving scum around here, and they're attracted to anything shiny and expensive lookin! they're only just hidden under where the rear deck is, if i flipped em over they would nearly touch the window, has anyone else used a directed mono amp before, this is the third time it has failed on me, and i was wondering if they had been troublesome for anyone else