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Feb 10, 2011 | 07:15 PM

ford-lover1995

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subwoofer problem/fix

i have a 1982 f100, and ive been messing with the audio here alot latley, it has some 8 inch speakers in boxes in the back but sounded blown so i bought 2 new 10 inch subs and built a new box and everything for them, so i got them in the box and everything ready and just used the wires that were there for the old 8's, turned the radio on and then, it made the exact sound the old ones did, they sounded ok with the volume down, but when i turned the volume up a lil bit the sounded blown again. and ive plugged these new speakers into my home sterio and they sounded perfect. so i went and got some heavier gage electrical wire and set it all up, and BAM it works perfect. does anyone know what exactly the problem was, or if the fix will stay working?

Feb 10, 2011 | 07:27 PM

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never plug car speakers into a home stereo. Car speakers/subs are typically 2 or 4 ohm impedance and home stereo's are designed typically for 8 ohm. You can blow your amp and damage the speaker doing this

Feb 10, 2011 | 07:32 PM

ford-lover1995

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o didnt know that thanks for telling me that

Feb 10, 2011 | 08:26 PM

Duct Tape Racing

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ive seen alot of people destroy subs this way

Feb 11, 2011 | 09:39 PM

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im sure you didnt harm them, but if left like that it could cause problems. I had a buddy who hooked up a 2ohm kicker sub to a rockford amp that wasnt 2 ohm stable (similar situation) and as far as i know its still going (atleast 2 months). Still a bad idea but probably not gonna instantly destroy anything