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Silver Member Username: ShutterleftopenColumbus, Ohio United states Post Number: 125 Registered: Apr-05 | i just bought two 12" DVC 4-ohm MA subs. they're suppose to be 300-350w rms a piece. i hooked one up to my 200X2 amp. so i ran 200w to the one sub. i accidentally crossed my positive and negative connections inside the box. i wired them into a 2-ohm load. i played the speaker for 5 minutes and i smelled burnt rubber all through my car. blew that sub. so last night afterwards i realized what i did and i hooked up the other sub the right way. made sure of it. played that for 5 minutes, and that sub blew. what could be wrong? could just simply crossing your negative and positive speaker wire blow a subwoofer that bad? and if i can, why did it blow when i fixed the problem? |
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Silver Member Username: Nnnnick_bWeddington, Nc Usa Post Number: 663 Registered: Jan-05 | Is the amp 2 ohm stable? If you cross the neg and pos most amps go into protection and won't play at all. Maybe you clipped your subs to death. |
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Gold Member Username: Tdeaton1021Near Tampa, Florida USA Post Number: 2774 Registered: Sep-04 | yeah you probably are clipping the signal REAL bad. |
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Silver Member Username: ShutterleftopenColumbus, Ohio United states Post Number: 126 Registered: Apr-05 | nope. my amp's stable at 2 ohms and my gain was about 3/4 of the way up. |
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Silver Member Username: Van_manBoston, MA Post Number: 126 Registered: Mar-06 | Are bridging the amp to 400x1? that would do it... |
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Silver Member Username: Van_manBoston, MA Post Number: 127 Registered: Mar-06 | BTW, 2 4ohm dvc can only be wired into 4 or 1 ohm loads http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/learningcenter/car/subwoofers_wiring.html?subs =2&impedance=DVC4x2 |
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Silver Member Username: ShutterleftopenColumbus, Ohio United states Post Number: 127 Registered: Apr-05 | i didn't bridge the amp. and i didn't hook both of the subs up together in parallel or anything. they were hooked up seperately to the amp. so each sub was playing at 2 ohm loads. |
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Silver Member Username: ShutterleftopenColumbus, Ohio United states Post Number: 128 Registered: Apr-05 | is there anything else it coule be? |