SP4 Recone... FOAD leads?

[Sencheezy 689]

okay I see how this dude messed up his foad leads now... and is there any way to fix the leads on mine or am I still going to need a whole new recone?

 

Recone. I tried "fixing" it with the Evil. Didn't work lol. 

[Sencheezy 689]

I guess you could band aid. remove all current solder/glue, clean up, then patch it back together. 

[Whatshisface176 1]

ehh. I feel like a recone would be better. Some people have told me recones can turn out better than the original but I don't know how true that statement is.

[Whatshisface176 1]

Although what could have caused the leads on mine to separate like that??

[Sencheezy 689]

Although what could have caused the leads on mine to separate like that??

 

lol. I'd assume there to be about 1300 pages worth of threads and hundreds worth of facebook post as to why. I'd avoid asking that question all together really. Just get the recone, and  you'll be set ok. 

 

Long story short, to answer your question directly, from the buildhouse, it's because of cheap korean amplifiers. Please, let's just leave it at that. 

[Impious 1,476]

Although what could have caused the leads on mine to separate like that??

My first guess would be over excursion, looks like you pushed the cone too far and it pulled out the tinsel leads where they are soldered to the coil leads.

[95Honda 486]

Don't take this the wrong way, but until you figure out what you did wrong the first time around, no matter what you do (fix leads, FI recone or PSI recone) it is simply going to happen again.

 

So, after you fix your driver(s), you need to make sure that #1 you aren't applying to much power to exceed thermal limits and #2 don't have an enclosure alignment, power level or active filter setting that is allowing over-excursion.

 

I am not questioning your abilities, but I highly suggest you find out how to do both aspects, as it was NOT done before.  There are people on here that can walk you through all the needed steps, just ask...

[SacredTanakh 67]

I guess you do make a point. Although, why would a woofer rated at 3k rms, fail at 2400 watts (in my case).     p.s. amp gains were properly set

My Sp4s have been taking ~4k for over a year without a single issue. Its not the woofer...

[Stephen93s10 40]

I guess you do make a point. Although, why would a woofer rated at 3k rms, fail at 2400 watts (in my case). p.s. amp gains were properly set

My Sp4s have been taking ~4k for over a year without a single issue. Its not the woofer...

You can't rule out that his sub might have had some kind of defect just because you had been running your sp4's for a year. Edited December 3, 2014 by Stephen93s10

[kirill007 52]

Just looking at your pictures it looks like your subsonic is set too low.

[SacredTanakh 67]

I guess you do make a point. Although, why would a woofer rated at 3k rms, fail at 2400 watts (in my case). p.s. amp gains were properly set

My Sp4s have been taking ~4k for over a year without a single issue. Its not the woofer...

You can't rule out that his sub might have had some kind of defect just because you had been running your sp4's for a year.

Its a lot more likely that you have used/treated it improperly. Although it is possible.