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[skip grumblis]

i keep smoking capacitors in the internal crossovers of these enclosures. any suggestions?

[Mike Ottinger]

i keep smoking capacitors in the internal crossovers of these enclosures. any suggestions?

Sounds like you may be under powered.  What amplifire are you using?

[skip grumblis]

Sounds like you may be under powered.  What amplifire are you using?

[skip grumblis]

I'm using a crown ca9. 600w/chan
Cabinets are rated @ 375 . I'd like more headroom, but I'm good there.

[Tim McCulloch]

Sounds like you may be under powered.  What amplifire are you using?

What makes you think he's underpowered?  He could just as easily be overpowering and getting into deep power compression where more signal equals no more acoustic output.

[Tim McCulloch]

I'm using a crown ca9. 600w/chan
Cabinets are rated @ 375 . I'd like more headroom, but I'm good there.

If you're burning up crossovers I think you don't have Enough Rig for the Gig®.  You need louder speakers or more speakers (dependent on the coverage geometry).

[Paul G. OBrien]

Blown components = overpowered.. period.  The only question remaining is how was that accomplished.

Assuming the replacement caps were the correct voltage rating and the overall design isn't somewhat flawed to begin with(it's EAW not Cerwin Vega), there isn't much left besides user error. Was the amp driven hard into a limiter or into clipping? Both of those actions could create a situation where an otherwise well matched amp is overpowering the speaker system.

[skip grumblis]

I'm not flogging anything. Gain structure is solid from channel to amp. system comp/limit is a dbx 160a with the threshold set so  only the occasional red light of reduction happens. The enclosures sound good when working. i may have exaggerated the frequency of the failures though, it's happened twice in the last 5 years

[Paul G. OBrien]

What value are the caps that are blowing?

[skip grumblis]

What value are the caps that are blowing?
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Last caps I replaced were bought from eaw, so I'm assuming all the values were correct for that crossover. I will check the values as soon as I pull the x-overs out this time. Thanks for your time and input. I normally run all my amps with any onboard limiting disengaged, relying on input level to keep stuff in a safe range. I will check those switches though. You know, because shit happens.

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