Was i being fed a bunch of bullshi*?

[Blue2025 10+ year member]

my system was stopping and starting a few months after being installed, and seeing as everything was brand new (3 months) i brought it in to the shop where it was installed. This is my first system so i wasn't going to take any chances. I heard them testing it for about 30 minutes and then they come out telling me that i had blown the subs and that they would have to send them in and get replacements. Is it possible that i actually blew the subs? it seems unlikely to me because they would work every day for a few minutes prior to getting them looked at. Can subs be blown and still work, or did the shop actually blow them. I found it suspicious because they took them out BEFORE telling me so i couldn't look at them.

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[*SlappinAzz*]

my system was stopping and starting a few months after being installed, and seeing as everything was brand new (3 months) i brought it in to the shop where it was installed. This is my first system so i wasn't going to take any chances. I heard them testing it for about 30 minutes and then they come out telling me that i had blown the subs and that they would have to send them in and get replacements. Is it possible that i actually blew the subs? it seems unlikely to me because they would work every day for a few minutes prior to getting them looked at. Can subs be blown and still work, or did the shop actually blow them. I found it suspicious because they took them out BEFORE telling me so i couldn't look at them.

My question is, which may be an answer to your question, Is, How is it i can check if a sub is blown in 2 minutes, when it takes them 30 minutes?

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

My question is, which may be an answer to your question, Is, How is it i can check if a sub is blown in 2 minutes, when it takes them 30 minutes?

your not one of the shop professionals //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

if its under warranty, who cares

next time, troubleshot yourself. we can help

 

[Blue2025 10+ year member]

My question is, which may be an answer to your question, Is, How is it i can check if a sub is blown in 2 minutes, when it takes them 30 minutes?

i was under the impression that if a sub is blown it wont play. So they could have tried to diagnose the original problem for 30 minutes and have blown the sub in the process, all i would have had to do is try to play the subs and if they wouldn't play, then i would know they were blown.

 

[*SlappinAzz*]

i was under the impression that if a sub is blown it wont play. So they could have tried to diagnose the original problem for 30 minutes and have blown the sub in the process, all i would have had to do is try to play the subs and if they wouldn't play, then i would know they were blown.

all you had to do was take a 9 volt battery and touch the terminals. and if you have a dmm, that works too.

 

[Blue2025 10+ year member]

all you had to do was take a 9 volt battery and touch the terminals. and if you have a dmm, that works too.

ill remember that and save some time in the future. thanks

 

[justafifteen 10+ year member]

all you had to do was take a 9 volt battery and touch the terminals. and if you have a dmm, that works too.

What's the 9v battery thing do?

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

What's the 9v battery thing do?

It makes your woofers woof.......

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

What's the 9v battery thing do?

It makes your woofers woof.......

I will take some of the smart ass off this^

the 9volt test will basically just test if the subs are blown or not by sending them a bit of power.. it will make them pop out(or in if you switch the pos and neg) but even if the subs aren't BLOWN.. it doesn't mean they are broken. a breaking or loose lead wire could go in and out.

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

sounds more like an amp overheating or going into protect mode. Possibly the shop wired the subs incorrectly and the amp was seeing to low of a ohm load. Could also be a RCA issue

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

sounds more like an amp overheating or going into protect mode. Possibly the shop wired the subs incorrectly and the amp was seeing to low of a ohm load. Could also be a RCA issue

This. A sub can fail in more than one way, and its *possible* it would operate sometimes and not others (loose tinsel lead for example), but it is highly highly highly unlikely. Chances are about 95% that the shop either lied to you, or simply doesn't have a fucking clue.

 

[justafifteen 10+ year member]

I might add that I had this happen to my last system. The bass ****** horribly for most of the day, but there was always a time where it would kick back in for a few minutes. I found out that one of the RCA male penors that plugged into the amp was loose. A new set of RCA's fixed it

 

[daboyfrumdabx 10+ year member]

Where and how is your amp grounded? I also believe this is more of an amp issue rather than subs

 

[Blue2025 10+ year member]

Where and how is your amp grounded? I also believe this is more of an amp issue rather than subs

its screwed to the back of the back seat.