hello everyone. today, i have been beating up my sub pretty hard.when i finally got home, i felt the basket of the sub and it was pretty warm. is this a sign that somethings wrong? the only part i felt was where the outside mounting holes are. i wasnt sure if this was a early warning of something going wrong so i thought id throw up a post and ask.

here is the specs of the set-up for those wondering if it may have to do with my amp or something....

1 12" orion hcca in a 2.0CF ported box tuned @ 35Hz

1 MTX 1501D elite series amp

all 4 gauge wiring.

let me know what u all had in mind!!

Thanks

It sounds fine when I play my sun hard for a while the cone gets hot

More than likely the heat inside the vehicle along with the heat build up inside the box from bangin' all day made the basket hot. May want to keep it toned down a bit during excessive outside temps.

More than likely the heat inside the vehicle along with the heat build up inside the box from bangin' all day made the basket hot. May want to keep it toned down a bit during excessive outside temps.

ya. thats what i was thinking but i didnt know if there was another reason baskets would get hot.

When i bumped my HCCA it would also do that. Its normal heat decipating (or whatever you call it) from the voice coil.it gets hot inside the box and inside the car. Thats all.

The glue that holds your motor together softens at about 500 degrees Fahrenheit, if the outside of your basket by your mounting holes are getting hot to the touch you would have a big problem, it can be from the air in the enclosure, but that is rare. It's just heat from the environment.

The glue that holds your motor together softens at about 500 degrees Fahrenheit, if the outside of your basket by your mounting holes are getting hot to the touch you would have a big problem, it can be from the air in the enclosure, but that is rare. It's just heat from the environment.

Hcca's tend to throw the heat to the basket. I would have this same thing happen to me and get worried but nothing really happened. Just like an mtx 9500 throws the cones heat off to the surround. Theirs some weird subs out there XD

The glue that holds your motor together softens at about 500 degrees Fahrenheit, if the outside of your basket by your mounting holes are getting hot to the touch you would have a big problem, it can be from the air in the enclosure, but that is rare. It's just heat from the environment.

Hcca's tend to throw the heat to the basket. I would have this same thing happen to me and get worried but nothing really happened. Just like an mtx 9500 throws the cones heat off to the surround. Theirs some weird subs out there XD

I'm still tempted to say it's ambient heat, but I have not done a thermal analysis of either of those woofers.

The glue that holds your motor together softens at about 500 degrees Fahrenheit, if the outside of your basket by your mounting holes are getting hot to the touch you would have a big problem, it can be from the air in the enclosure, but that is rare. It's just heat from the environment.

Hcca's tend to throw the heat to the basket. I would have this same thing happen to me and get worried but nothing really happened. Just like an mtx 9500 throws the cones heat off to the surround. Theirs some weird subs out there XD

I'm still tempted to say it's ambient heat, but I have not done a thermal analysis of either of those woofers.

ya idk if this has to do with the same subject, but iv seen video's of the heat sink i believe its called coming out of the sub and through the center cap on the cone. this worries me because the center cap is directally behind my elbow when i drive and if that thing comes flying out, it might hurt lol.

The glue that holds your motor together softens at about 500 degrees Fahrenheit, if the outside of your basket by your mounting holes are getting hot to the touch you would have a big problem, it can be from the air in the enclosure, but that is rare. It's just heat from the environment.

Hcca's tend to throw the heat to the basket. I would have this same thing happen to me and get worried but nothing really happened. Just like an mtx 9500 throws the cones heat off to the surround. Theirs some weird subs out there XD

ya i had 2 12" mtx 9500's in my truck and there cones got pretty warm as well

The glue that holds your motor together softens at about 500 degrees Fahrenheit, if the outside of your basket by your mounting holes are getting hot to the touch you would have a big problem, it can be from the air in the enclosure, but that is rare. It's just heat from the environment.

Hcca's tend to throw the heat to the basket. I would have this same thing happen to me and get worried but nothing really happened. Just like an mtx 9500 throws the cones heat off to the surround. Theirs some weird subs out there XD

I'm still tempted to say it's ambient heat, but I have not done a thermal analysis of either of those woofers.

ya idk if this has to do with the same subject, but iv seen video's of the heat sink i believe its called coming out of the sub and through the center cap on the cone. this worries me because the center cap is directally behind my elbow when i drive and if that thing comes flying out, it might hurt lol.

I think duran has a point on the heat subject. I would think the only reason the heatsink thing came flying out would be because the glue melted and let the peice go crazy...

Too much heat..

The glue that holds your motor together softens at about 500 degrees Fahrenheit, if the outside of your basket by your mounting holes are getting hot to the touch you would have a big problem, it can be from the air in the enclosure, but that is rare. It's just heat from the environment.

Hcca's tend to throw the heat to the basket. I would have this same thing happen to me and get worried but nothing really happened. Just like an mtx 9500 throws the cones heat off to the surround. Theirs some weird subs out there XD

I'm still tempted to say it's ambient heat, but I have not done a thermal analysis of either of those woofers.

ya idk if this has to do with the same subject, but iv seen video's of the heat sink i believe its called coming out of the sub and through the center cap on the cone. this worries me because the center cap is directally behind my elbow when i drive and if that thing comes flying out, it might hurt lol.

I think duran has a point on the heat subject. I would think the only reason the heatsink thing came flying out would be because the glue melted and let the peice go crazy...

Too much heat..

ya. i just dont want it to come flying out and hitting the back of my arm. it might hurt a little :/ haha. but usually when it happens, the owner is pushing like 3000 watts. im only pushing 1800