Is it possible to cause damage..
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Silver Member Username: Graphix1Santa Rosa Heights, Arima Trinidad & T... Post Number: 605 Registered: Oct-05 | with a 2 channel 40wrms/ch amp on a 400wrms dvc sub...40wrms/coil if clipping occurs could it heat up the coil enough to cause thermal failure...... or destroy the coil by bottoming out.... |
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Silver Member Username: Graphix1Santa Rosa Heights, Arima Trinidad & T... Post Number: 606 Registered: Oct-05 | i hear that if the amps rms is 1/4 or less the subs rms its wirtually impossible to cause damage....but then again...the sub looks like it wants to pop out |
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Gold Member Username: James1115Wilton, Ct Post Number: 4785 Registered: Dec-04 | if you are causeing an amp to clip you will fry any sub that is attached to that amp. When an amp clips it sends DC through your vc's not ac. its like trying to put square signals through small circle's the vc heats up fast and will cook if not taken care of early! |
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Silver Member Username: Graphix1Santa Rosa Heights, Arima Trinidad & T... Post Number: 607 Registered: Oct-05 | yea i know that,heard it 1000 times.....but even though the amp is clipping is the dc enough to cause the coil to heat up...with such a small amp and such a big sub Eg a 10wrms amp to a 400 rms sub....i dont think that amp will produce enough dc to cause thermal failure |
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Gold Member Username: James1115Wilton, Ct Post Number: 4787 Registered: Dec-04 | I would assume over time it would cause enough damage to fail. |
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Silver Member Username: Graphix1Santa Rosa Heights, Arima Trinidad & T... Post Number: 608 Registered: Oct-05 | oh ok i didnt think about it like that...it would keep getting warmer and warmer till it melts... |
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Silver Member Username: B101Queen City, NC USA Post Number: 852 Registered: Sep-05 | dc is dc Nester. any dc voltage accross a subs voice coil will fry it! if you provide that same sub with double the pwr and clean AC signal. It will prob take it perfect!! But to answer the question, yes that dirty DC signal will kill a sub after extensive use! |
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Gold Member Username: RovinTrinidad & T... Post Number: 5234 Registered: Jul-05 | whats the latest , B ???......... |
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Silver Member Username: B101Queen City, NC USA Post Number: 857 Registered: Sep-05 | boi, hadnt been home for a few days =D was planning on goin ATL this weekend for Bassrace. |
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Gold Member Username: RovinTrinidad & T... Post Number: 5236 Registered: Jul-05 | B - did anything new 2 ur ride/audio ???..... |
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Silver Member Username: B101Queen City, NC USA Post Number: 860 Registered: Sep-05 | lol, i got my tint back on there =D Rovin Im gettin a new amp soon. Selling mine for 400, I know its a high price, but somone buying it. lol Ill post some pics, if the braggin area is working. let me run down, get my camera outta car. |
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Silver Member Username: B101Queen City, NC USA Post Number: 861 Registered: Sep-05 | i think that bragin area down again. lol |
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Gold Member Username: RovinTrinidad & T... Post Number: 5238 Registered: Jul-05 | B - i'm having some fun with this formating posts sh!t https://www.ecoustics.com/bbs/board-formatting.html Yea - i know u said soon u were getting a better amp , what u getting Memphis or Treo amps ???. Hey u know that pc i was telling about when i moved it 2 another room it refused 2 start - well yesterday i took a closer look @ it & it was simply the RAM had gotten loose ! ...damn simply crap wires were hiding the problem b4 so i now noticed it & i had that pc just sitting there 4 like 3 wks now -lol... |
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Gold Member Username: Mikechec9Http://www.cardomain.c... Post Number: 2095 Registered: May-05 | clipping causes the average power to increase/double. the additional heat to the vc could potentially damage it. it just depend on the actual power handling capability of the sub and the true power rating of the amp. if the amp is truly 40 watts and the sub can likewise handle 400 watts in reality, the clipping will have a hard day in west hell adversly affecting the coil. because 40 watts doubled is 80. where tweeters are concerned, the increase in avg power is in the high hz range. this is much more harmful because of a lack of filtering. the subs have that part covered. |
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Silver Member Username: B101Queen City, NC USA Post Number: 865 Registered: Sep-05 | how about a big ole Orion 2500d ? runing at 1ohm? ehh? give me 2 weeks...... That amp is stable down to .34 ohms. And I just met this local Orion dealer, we good buddies now. So I can get my hands on somethings. like i said rovin, check ram.. remmeber? lol. I bet you were like shuckks.. |
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Gold Member Username: RovinTrinidad & T... Post Number: 5241 Registered: Jul-05 | whats that ^^^ - the new '06 orion amps ??? , those r sure nice ! Yea B - i coulda kicked my own @ss when i saw that -lol !  ... ... ... |
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Silver Member Username: B101Queen City, NC USA Post Number: 868 Registered: Sep-05 | lol. nah its the older 2500s like the 04-05 |
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