As I mentioned a few threads down, my sub sounded like it was blown or there was a really bad air leak. One of the coils comes in at 2 ohms and the other is at 17-32 ohms. Look at the pics below of this coil, has this ever happened before?????

The lead that was intersown came loose and where it was sown in, there is now a rip

This is me pushing down to try to show just how bad the rip is. What exactly happened here?

That is the tinsel lead, not the voice coil.

Not the cause of the problem... unless the lead is almost severed.

Yep

Sucks man.

if you look in the first pic, you can see just how big the rip is in the "spyder?" (not sure what that is called the tensel lead in woven into) This is the set that is coming in at crazy ohms....not sure if the rip had to do anything with it

if you look in the first pic, you can see just how big the rip is in the "spyder?" (not sure what that is called the tensel lead in woven into) This is the set that is coming in at crazy ohms....not sure if the rip had to do anything with it

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Rip will be causing the sound you hear, but not change the resistance of the coil. Only the coil can do that.

If the coil is reading that high, then it is time for a recone.

Bad news and good news.

Bad news is that you will need a recone...

Good news is that you will get the new upgraded soft parts

I have an audio meet to attend to this weekend on saturday so my question is

1) If I play the sub, will it do any damage to my amp with 1 coil blown

2) Is there any way I can do a very TEMP repair on it before I bring it in for a recone? ( Im talking very temp...slilicone on the tear type of deal) If I do this, will Nick still recone it. I just dont have the $150+ at the moment for a cone nor the time

3) Does the tear and everything get fixed when i send in for a recone?

Edited April 6, 200619 yr by afboy143

See, this is why woven tinsels are not necessarily superior in any way...

nG

I have an audio meet to attend to this weekend on saturday so my question is

1) If I play the sub, will it do any damage to my amp with 1 coil blown

2) Is there any way I can do a very TEMP repair on it before I bring it in for a recone? ( Im talking very temp...slilicone on the tear type of deal) If I do this, will Nick still recone it. I just dont have the $150+ at the moment for a cone nor the time

3) Does the tear and everything get fixed when i send in for a recone?

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Only hook up one coil, and reduce the power to the sub.

RTV to cover the rip in the spider. Recones = all soft parts are replaced.