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I had two 12" SSDs on a 2600-watt Hifonics brutus amp (obviously getting less than rated wattage, also voltage dropped a lot) and I blew one. After reconing that sub, my other sub literally set fire because it got so hot. So definitely be careful with your gain setting.

I envy Brian for being able to figure that out Thank you!

Let me see if I can explain the wiring. On the working sub, I have my amp going to the positive of one voice coil, and the negative of the other coil. Then, I have a wire going from the remaining negative of the first coil to the positive of the other coil. On the other sub, I just have it wired to the positive and negative of the working coil. DeepSubBoy, they're dual 1-ohm copper coil.

Is it on it's own channel? It's a mono amp. So no. The amp has two positives and negatives, but they're connected inside into one channel. What exactly do you mean? Like I had my head unit settings too high, not the amp?

Sorry for the double post, but just thought I'd say that I just put it in and hooked it up to the single coil. It's working great. One thing though...the sub that is running on one coil seems to be doing more work. Like, there's more excursion. Is that normal? On a side note, I finally installed the dynamat trunk kit I got from my parents for Christmas. What a difference

If you burned one coil, I would check into to see what I did wrong to burn a coil or otherwise you will burn that second coil also. I'm overpowering them a bit. They're on a Hifonics BXi-2608D at 1-ohm. Since Hifonics overrates their amps I'm probably getting around 2000 watts RMS. I tend to crank them a little higher than I should for longer than I should haha. But I learned my lesson blowing that coil. I have a recone kit coming in the mail so no biggie if I do burn the second coil technically. But no reason to be reckless EDIT: Thanks for the help again Duran! I owe you yet again

Personally, I think they're great amps for the money. I don't see why their reputation is so bad. I have a Hifonics BXi-2608D that I got for like $270 used(shipped) and slapped a new warranty on it from my local car audio store. Been pushing my SSDs pretty dang hard. Not everyone can afford Sundown.

As I stated in another topic, I burnt one of the voice coils in one of my 12" SSDs. One of the voice coils is still fine. I was just wondering...until I get the recone kit in the mail, is there any way to wire up my amp to just one of the voice coils? The reason I thought about this is I did the AA battery test (hooking up the + and - to the sub to hear the pop) and since that made noise, I was thinking maybe it could run off one voice coil. If that is possible, would it be bad to have one sub like that and one sub wired normally? Technically wouldn't it just be 1.5 ohms? My amp is 1 ohm stable. Thanks a bunch, Mike

Nope. Just copper coil.

Amazing! They knock really hard. And they actually sound nice. I tuned my box pretty low so rap sounds the best. But I love the setup.

With my stock alternator/battery, I'm definitely not getting nearly the full 2600 watts. But I do need to take better care of my babies. I'm ordering the recone now...but I don't see chrome blue as a dustcap option, which is what I have now. Is that not available for recone kits? I can e-mail you about it if that's what you would prefer, by the way. Also, what is the basket option for?

Ahh for real? That sucks. Thanks for saving me a bunch of money, I was about to order it.

Test tone. 35Hz. I tuned my system low since I didn't plan on competing and it sounds sick tuned nice and low I ran a 150 amp fuse. The car could be on, too. For the amateur street classes, you have to have the car off and play music. Street class(what I competed in) and above, you can do test tone and car on.

Found it... http://mecacaraudio.com/pointsstandings.aspx Go to 2009, Street 3. 24th from the top, Mike Cummings. 142.5 =]

Yup it was a Meca competition. You mean 2009? Haha. It might have been a 142.3. It was on Sunday, September 20th. I forget which division it was. It was the Tennessee state finals in White House, TN I believe.