Aight so my friend and I got a system put into a G35 Coupe and we're starting to run problems with it... seeing if anybody here could give us some information on why it's doing what it is doing.

So we are running 2 10" JL W3V2 on 500/1 JL amp.
Problem: The sub just turned off. We took it to the car audio shop we got it from and said we blew BOTH the subs. Got them replaced. Two-Three hours later... same thing.

I did a light test. Amp is PERFECT no problems there as in power. But the subs... NOTHING.... I'm just starting to get frustrated with this system I'm helping out for a friend. Please help.

My assumption is that I think the box is too small for the w3's and causing them to overheat. Is it possible depending on airspace that the subs could blow?

 

just a thought you might wanna check the ohm you have the speakers sitting at. jl amps can do 1 ohm - 4ohm stable... but if you have the subs wired below 1ohm that will cause them to fry... i had 2 kicker L7 wired to my amp at a 1ohm load, big mistake, and they fried within 2-3 hours of puttin in the car. the problem was i needed dual 2ohm subs, & i had dual 4ohm. just my .02, someelse may have a better answer for you... good luck..

 

actually the JL Slash series isnt 1 ohm stable. It is rated for 1.5-4 ohms

 

thats funny, same thing happened to my friend with his 500/1. he blew 2 subs, and i installed both, and tuned both. i think something was wrong with his amp

 

Your subs are breathing fine unless you put polyfill in the subs and its in the coils. It sounds like your gains are off.

 

Most likely the gains, Or faulty wiring of the subs i would check the final impediance of the subs just to double check its done correctly.

 

Just Lousy





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Well, I'm off to the car audio shop so we'll see what went wrong. Hopefully the subs are breathing fine... But as far as I know these W3V2's are blown. Well I'll post back with what happened. Thanks for the info guys.

 

Whoa, blow 4 subs, in that amount of time.... in to find out whats goin on.

 

You should lend him a couple, I'm sure you can spare them

 

clippage?

 

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