Acerbis

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For about a years time my system was working fine. A couple days my sub just stopped working completly. I checked the fuses in the amp, theyre all good, the amp lights up and all whatnot so I know that its getting power. Everything else works fine except I cannot get sound to come outta the woofer. Do you guys have any suggestions of where I should look?

MacAlert

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Check the tinsel (i think thats what its called, its the wires that lead from the terminals) leads. I had the same problem with my Rainbow sub, soldered it back on and it works.

Acerbis

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Just checked those, they all seem fine to me.

AscendantMax

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so it just suddenly stopped? can you (carefully) push the sub in and out without much force?

Acerbis

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Yes I can. What does this test?

AscendantMax

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it tests whether or not your voice coil(s) are seized. there's NO movement at all when you have music playing?

Acerbis

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No, there is no movement. Theres no sound at all coming from the sub.

djfrestyl

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test with another sub. if you don't have one, test with another speaker. keep the gains low.

if you have a meter, test to see whats comin out of your speaker terminals on the amp.

Acerbis

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Ok i tested it with another speaker and I got sound to come out, so I know its not the amp thats fuggered. Is there anything partiular that I should be aware of on the sub itself?

djfrestyl

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Besides what Ravi (MacAlert) said, I'm all out of ideas. There should be a way to meter your sub in ohms to see what resistance it has, and if the number is an anomaly then that indicates a problem, however I am not sure about the specific logistics of that test.

nismos14

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Sounds like the VC is blown. If you have the sub hooked up and you push in on it a little bit does it start to play?