How to tell if a sub is blown

Post by **joerg** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:20 am

Just found this on youtube and thought it might help guys n girls that are new to car audio scene, a bit! He has lots of other lessons too! Maybe a thread for car audio basics would do his job. Even though he´s using kicker gear to show of

Post by **mhyde71** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:23 am

cant see while in china that sux!

Post by **ttocs** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:35 am

he never mentioned my fav way to tell, the sniff test. You will often smell it if a coil is burned.

Does he have a easy test to see if an amp still works?

tonym · Post by **tonym** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:50 am

ttocs wrote:he never mentioned my fav way to tell, the sniff test. You will often smell it if a coil is burned.

Does he have a easy test to see if an amp still works?

LOL@ the sniff test......

I like the sniff test myself...

If someone sells you a woofer that smells like colongne...LEAVE IT ALONE!!

shawn k · Post by **shawn k** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:15 pm

He said you need to test in an enviornment where there's no air

Thumper88 · Post by **Thumper88** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:31 pm

Got in my spaceship:

Went to a place where there is no air:

Took my digital voltmeter out:

Now how the hell do I measure ohms with my digital voltmeter?

Thumper88 · Post by **Thumper88** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:33 pm

Also, it sounds like it's vital that I hook up the negative lead to the negative terminal and the positive lead to the positive terminal.

shawn k · Post by **shawn k** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:35 pm

^^

LMFAO

oldskoolmseriesfan · Post by **oldskoolmseriesfan** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:35 pm

^^^