Do I need a Line driver? Can I use 1 coil on a dual coil Sub

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Re: Do I need a Line driver? Can I use 1 coil on a dual coil

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Food4Woofers wrote:I found the spec sheet for the Ti800.1 on google. Does anyone have the sheet for showing the Led codes?

I have no idea what the lights are for in the amp.
I just wanna know what they are for if they start going off suddenly.

Thanks
See pg 2 of the manual and look at #19, this tells you what the LED's are and what they do visually.
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Re: Do I need a Line driver? Can I use 1 coil on a dual coil

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Ok. I see now.
Thanks
I was reading some threads about the amp and some said there are 2 led's that turn red if there is a problem. I didnt see any Led's besides the Blue ones. And I didnt even know the Blue Triangle Led's are actually significant of power LOL
I just thought they were decoration.
So I wanted to check out the spec sheet for Led info. Thanks

Back to the subwoofer making the amp shut down
Hasnt done it again after I changed the voice coil setup
BUT that really doesnt solve the problem
So.....

Im still thinking hard about this and just have another question.
Do any of you think that liquid nails could short out the speaker terminals after it dries?
I measured the continuity with a meter and its open. BUT maybe at high wattage the adhesive may conduct just enough to make a temporary short?

I applied Liquid nails to the terminal cups back side to seal it in and keep the crimped connectors from vibrating off. Some did get smeared across the terminals. This was a looong time ago. I just began to use the subs recently.
IDK Just throwing out ideas.

Id hate to keep saying this fine amp cant handle 1ohm when the spec sheet says it can.

Thanks
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Re: Do I need a Line driver? Can I use 1 coil on a dual coil

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Ok guys heres a NEW and important question

I just checked out the amp and was looking for the Led's mentioned in the Pg Sheet
I found 2 Leds on the right under the window. The yellow is labeled as Thermal and Red labeled as Overload . They are both OFF when powered.
Then, there is a red Led that is on the left under the window that is on when the amp is powered.This Led is not labeled. It does not go off. Unless I turn off the car.
There is no way of knowing what this Led is for ( the red one that is on )
Should I be worried?
Thanks
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Re: Do I need a Line driver? Can I use 1 coil on a dual coil

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Food4Woofers wrote:Ok guys heres a NEW and important question

I just checked out the amp and was looking for the Led's mentioned in the Pg Sheet
I found 2 Leds on the right under the window. The yellow is labeled as Thermal and Red labeled as Overload . They are both OFF when powered.
Then, there is a red Led that is on the left under the window that is on when the amp is powered.This Led is not labeled. It does not go off. Unless I turn off the car.
There is no way of knowing what this Led is for ( the red one that is on )
Should I be worried?
Thanks

I just found the answer http://phoenixphorum.com/viewtopic.php? ... on+left%20
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Re: Do I need a Line driver? Can I use 1 coil on a dual coil

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put liquid nails on the cups to keep crimp connectors from comming off? What part of your sub is using crimp connectors and why would they vibrate off?
what else can I say I am a grumpy asshole most of the time.
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Re: Do I need a Line driver? Can I use 1 coil on a dual coil

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The terminal cup looks like this
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The rear looks like this
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The crimped connection that I used look like this
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So basically I used liquid nails to seal the cup in place and make sure the crimped connectors dont come off the speaker terminal located in pic 2. Note that I also had to use some of the liquid nails to seal the air leaks around the screws where the terminas go through the cup.
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Re: Do I need a Line driver? Can I use 1 coil on a dual coil

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that could be a problem. Next time, rather the trying to glue them, just take your plyers and squeeze the part of the crim connector that it slides into to that the opening is smaller and it will hold tighter. IF you had a loose connection already, and then glued them on(glue is generally an insulator) you might have done more harm then good.
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Re: Do I need a Line driver? Can I use 1 coil on a dual coil

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Im gonna look into replacing the terminals

Thanks
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