Help!!!
03-02-2009, 11:27 PM
#1
50 Watt CAFz'r
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 50
Help!!!
Hey guys,
I just installed a new 13av.2 sub from elemental designs along with a nine.1 that I bought no more than 2 weeks ago. I set up everything without the lid to see if all was well and that I was getting some subwoofer throw. I wired the subwoofer to 1-ohm and wam! I had little subwoofer throw. I honestly don't know what else to do. I hooked one of the terminals up so that it would be seeing 2-ohms and it seemed to be playing better than hooking two of the terminals up at 1-ohm. If anyone could help me it would be great! I just don't want to close the lid on the box as I hooked up some wiring to a terminal cup. If anyone has any ideas why this is happening let me know. Also, I am getting an incredible amount of dimming and I have the big 3 done. I had the car off and on when doing my testing and was still seeing the same results.
I just installed a new 13av.2 sub from elemental designs along with a nine.1 that I bought no more than 2 weeks ago. I set up everything without the lid to see if all was well and that I was getting some subwoofer throw. I wired the subwoofer to 1-ohm and wam! I had little subwoofer throw. I honestly don't know what else to do. I hooked one of the terminals up so that it would be seeing 2-ohms and it seemed to be playing better than hooking two of the terminals up at 1-ohm. If anyone could help me it would be great! I just don't want to close the lid on the box as I hooked up some wiring to a terminal cup. If anyone has any ideas why this is happening let me know. Also, I am getting an incredible amount of dimming and I have the big 3 done. I had the car off and on when doing my testing and was still seeing the same results.
03-02-2009, 11:50 PM
#4
Easy to cross wires and there is no guarantee that they were labelled properly either.... perhaps you might even have a bad sub.... you can always test each coil with a simple battery test to see what happens. Leave the speaker wire attached to one coil, touch the other end to a small AA battery and the speaker is going to pop and the cone will move one way or the other. Touching the + terminal on the battery to the + terminal on the sub is going to cause the cone to move out, if the + on the battery is connected to the - terminal on the sub it is going to move in. Do not leave the battery connected, just a small touch to see which way the cone moves. Repeat for each coil.
03-03-2009, 07:24 AM
#10
2000 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 2,026
Set the Multimeter to the lowest resistance (ohm) setting, and place the leads in the + and - terminals of one coil. Record the reading - it should be in the range of 1.6 - 2.4 for a 2 ohm coil. Do it again for the next coil. If the readings are substantially different, like one coil reads 1.6 and the other 2.4 then you've got a dead or dying coil.
