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I think i have a bad ground i smell voice coils after its only played a short while

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    A bad ground won't cause the voice coils to burn. That's generally due to driving the speakers with too much power. Does the amp produce clean audio? When you power up the amp does the woofer move in or out and remain there?

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More than likely yes. Just make sure that you have it grounded to the frame and you have sanded of the paint were you have it grounded.

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  • Yea, you blew the voice coil. Pressing on the cone where you are is hitting the spot that is making the coil connect again. Just like a shorted wire. Sometimes you can bend it and get a connection. You are gonna have to replace the sub.



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You have a shorted speaker or a speaker with a bad voice coil. This has been confirmed by the fact that the audio amplifier is shutting down (protection) but the unit stays powered on. The speakers will play for a few seconds or maybe even longer at lower volume, but any length or time or an increase in volume will immediateley shut off sound. This is due to the fact that a shorted speaker wire/connection will ground out or short to one another. If you have checked all connections behind the radio AND at the speakers and found no problems, then it is a voice coil on the speaker. A shorted voice coil will work until the speaker cone moves causing the short or until enough power passes through the voice coil's short to turn off the radio.
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