Earthquake Sws-8xi Dead!

d_dot · 03-18-2010, 08:44 PM

So i have had these subwoofers installed for a couple of months now and regularly drive with the volume cranked up. all of a sudden today both woofers cut off. i think i smelled something burning. but why today and not when i first installed them? i hooked a random speaker to the amp (p300-2) and it plays just fine. so i disconnected the speaker and hooked it directly to the amp and no pop. nothing at all. i wanna get another set but can ne1 give me some input as to why they might have died out on me so i can avoid this on the next one. Also do these have a factory warranty or something? tia!

MentholGuy · 03-19-2010, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by d_dot

So i have had these subwoofers installed for a couple of months now and regularly drive with the volume cranked up. all of a sudden today both woofers cut off. i think i smelled something burning. but why today and not when i first installed them? i hooked a random speaker to the amp (p300-2) and it plays just fine. so i disconnected the speaker and hooked it directly to the amp and no pop. nothing at all. i wanna get another set but can ne1 give me some input as to why they might have died out on me so i can avoid this on the next one. Also do these have a factory warranty or something? tia!

Same thing happened to me couple weeks ago, exact same system SWS-8XI with P300-2 which I installed last year,
It was overheating problem (my trunk was fully filled with baggages), however after few mins, it started to work again and no problem so far..

MrHarris · 03-19-2010, 03:43 AM

Keep us updated on what happened. Don't want to modify it to something that won't be sustainable.

d_dot · 03-19-2010, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MentholGuy

Same thing happened to me couple weeks ago, exact same system SWS-8XI with P300-2 which I installed last year,
It was overheating problem (my trunk was fully filled with baggages), however after few mins, it started to work again and no problem so far..

The funny thing is nothing was in my trunk i checked the fuses and everything was fine. when i got home i disconnected the speakers and hooked a different speaker directly to the amp and it came right on. then i thought maybe the wires so i removed the woofer from underneath the seat and hooked it directly to the amp and nothing. so i dont know

MaverickNemesis · 03-19-2010, 10:32 PM

those rockford amps have had problems... I had a t1000 for just a single sub and it burned out also had to send it back to rockford, you might have to do the same

d_dot · 03-19-2010, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MaverickNemesis

those rockford amps have had problems... I had a t1000 for just a single sub and it burned out also had to send it back to rockford, you might have to do the same

yea but mine is working. i hooked up random speakers to it and they played like normal!

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