I have older 15"xtr3 dvc and get no sound. I have isolated my system and it is the speakers. I get 0 ohms when I measure the coil( from speaker wires) on subs. The speaker does move freely /is not stiff. What is the fix for this and approximate cost.
If it reads zero ohms doesn't that mean it's open and not shorted? Or did it get hot and melt? What causes this to happen to the coils?If it reads zero ohms doesn't that mean it's open and not shorted? Or did it get hot and melt? What causes this to happen to the coils?
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If the speakers measure zero ohms, then the coil is shot. A speaker will not work if it has zero ohms. Replace the speaker. ALL speakers should read 4ohm, 8ohm or above. Zero means the coil wire is shoted. That there is no continuity.
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To test a speaker, you'll need either a digital multimeter or an analog multimeter that can read measurements of resistance (Ohms)
First isolate the speaker from the amplifier (meaning, remove the wires attached to the speaker terminals).
Set the meter to Ohms (Omega symbol).
Take the meter test leads and place each one on the speaker terminal (make sure the test leads do not touch each other)- there is no polarity to this test so it doesn't matter which test lead goes where on the speaker terminals
For an 8-Ohm rated speaker, you should get a reading of about 6-7 Ohms (approximately 15% of the speaker rating)
For a 4-Ohm speaker, around 2-3 Ohms
and for a 16-Ohm speaker, about 8-Ohms
If you can an infinite reading (make sure the test leads are not touching each other) other wise, if the test leads are not touching and you get an infinite reading, there is a short in the voice coil; speaker is defective.
OL reading on the DMM, or O Ohm resistance on analog meter, broken wire connection inside the coil= open voice coil and is defective.
If you get the proper reading on your speaker, the problem IS NOT with the speaker
If you wire 2 ohm dvc speaker parallel that would give you a 1 ohm load. If your amp is only 2 ohm stable that would not work. You would have to wire the speaker in series giving you a 4 ohm load. Then you can bridge the 4 channels into 2 with each speaker running at 4 ohms.
If you want to run a 2 ohm load use all 4 channels on amp and speakers. No need to bridge.
For 2 ohm DVC:
Parallel = connect both + and - together. = 1 ohm
Series = connect + from 1 channel to - from the other channel. = 4 ohm.
best way is to just run the volfenhag with a set of wires for 2 channells(one set per coil) left and right @ 4 ohms per channell. The CVRs you can parallel the coils(2 ohms) and run a set from each sub to the amp in stereo left and right. This will give the kickers a little more juice than the 12 but should be fine.
If your amo is a subwoofer amp yes you want a LPF. Low pass filters are capable of passing low frequency energy. As far as the impedance of your amp goes check with the manufacturer for proper the proper load. What speaker config do you have?
2 DVC 8 ohms in parallel (voice coils) then series (speakers) are 8 ohms
2 DVC 4 ohm - in parallel (voice coils) then series (speakers) are 4 ohms
DVC is dual voice coil
Impedence for parallel is (Z1^-1+Z2^-1)^-1 or 1/((1/Z1)+(1/Z2))
Use those to figure out parallel impedance, series you just add them together.
If you have a DVC 4ohm speaker, and you are using both voice coils, the amp is seeing a 2ohm load.
If you bridge the amp, you CAN run both subs as long as the amp is Two Ohms Stable.
Wire each subs voice coils in parallel.(Positive to positve, neg to neg.) (2ohms) each.
Then wire the two subs in series.(Neg from amp to neg of sub one, pos of sub one to neg of sub two. then pos of sub two to pos of amp.
If it sounds too hard, leave it as you are already running the amp at two ohms.
If the speaker is a 4 ohm DVC (two 4 ohm coils), you can't wire it to get a single 4 ohm load. Try connecting one coil to each of the two rear channels. It may not be as loud but the amp should operate without going into protection.
If the two 4 ohm coils are in parallel, the amp is driving a 2 ohm mono load. That's probably why it's shutting down.
If it reads zero ohms doesn't that mean it's open and not shorted? Or did it get hot and melt? What causes this to happen to the coils?
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