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ripped voice coil
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:13 pm
by wolfe man p
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?
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:16 pm
by ridr4lif
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
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:00 am
by Ryan from Ohio
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 :)
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:02 am
by GlassWolf
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.