ripped voice coil

wolfe man p · Post by **wolfe man p** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:13 pm

i have a kicker L7 ten and i was told i could repair my ripped voice coil. what would i use and how would i go about doing this?

ridr4lif · Post by **ridr4lif** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:16 pm

Voice coils dont rip...they blow. Just call kicker, get an RA (return authorization) number from them and send it back. They SHOULD replace it or fix it.

TEDD

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:00 am

The only way to fix it is to recone it.

The only way to recone it is to destroy the cone and spider.

There are very few subs you can actually recomne yourself...

Yours isnt one of them :)

Post by **GlassWolf** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:02 am

the voice coil is a tube with wire wrapped around it that presents a specific impedance based on the type of wire, it's gauge, and length, as well as number of turns. the coil has to be re-wound or replaced, and to do that the cone and surround have to be replaced or at least removed as well.
Not a do it yourself sort of project unless you have all of the specialized tools for re-coning a speaker for alignment.

just send that L7 back to Kicker. They'll replace it. They're used to seeing damaged L7s. They're weak subs.