ok my friend thought he blew his L5 cuz he turned his car on one day and the green light was on, on his amp but no boom until he pushed on the sub then it started playing(this just started happening and has been for like 2 days) so he positive its blown...and he just got that new box built for his sub so he puts his old fosgate HE 10 in that box(after alot and alot of rigging and sanding he got the HE in the box and it was looking nice and sounding pretty much as loud as his kicker but then he was playing around with his L5 and he hooked it up to his amp and let it play for like and hour and it never cut out or anything it kept playing the whole time and he has been doing this for days so now he is thinkin that its not blown and he is wanting to put his L5 back i the box but he is not for sure if its blown or not. i told him to just leave his HE in there is plenty loud but and has a good solid sounding bass to it but what do ya'll think i told him i have some friends that could prolly give some good advice PROUD does that sound like it would be blown?
Thanks you all rock
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uochronos on 12/5/2004 02:55:03
in my experience a blown sub well not play fine for an hour with no noticble sound differnce then cut out and come back on... sounds like the VC's and what not are all still good.
however could be several other things such as a loose terminal connection or wire runing to the speaker or coil. look at all the little wire connections on the actual sub look for lose wires and conections i wouldnt be surprised at all if you found one here.
Chronos
swez on 12/5/2004 09:34:25
Agreed, a blown coil will not play, no matter what you do to it. However, an intermittent sub is a sign of loose wiring connections at the sub terminals or tinsel leads are not fully connected to coil windings.
Resoldering the terminal/tinsel leads would be a good start. But, if that does not cure the issue, most likely the coils that are connected to the tinsel leads are suspect. To work on (inspect) these, often requires that the dust cap be removed. That can be tricky as the tinsel leads, often do not accept solder easily and the coil wires are a very fine gage wire, coated with an insulation material.
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Swez
Thanks you all rock
Faded
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uochronos on 12/5/2004 02:55:03
in my experience a blown sub well not play fine for an hour with no noticble sound differnce then cut out and come back on... sounds like the VC's and what not are all still good.
however could be several other things such as a loose terminal connection or wire runing to the speaker or coil. look at all the little wire connections on the actual sub look for lose wires and conections i wouldnt be surprised at all if you found one here.
Chronos
swez on 12/5/2004 09:34:25
Agreed, a blown coil will not play, no matter what you do to it. However, an intermittent sub is a sign of loose wiring connections at the sub terminals or tinsel leads are not fully connected to coil windings.
Resoldering the terminal/tinsel leads would be a good start. But, if that does not cure the issue, most likely the coils that are connected to the tinsel leads are suspect. To work on (inspect) these, often requires that the dust cap be removed. That can be tricky as the tinsel leads, often do not accept solder easily and the coil wires are a very fine gage wire, coated with an insulation material.
Comments?
Swez
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