Holy S**t my subwoofer caught on fire!

**GardenVariety** · 06-25-2009 11:07 AM

Well, I purchased a little Def Tech 800 Sub for my living room the other day. It's been performing great, that is until I got home yesterday! I heard a buzzing sound coming from the speaker so I unplugged it and checked all the connections. I then plugged it back it and went to plug the subwoofer cable back in. To my astonishment the subwoofer started smoking and getting extremely hot!!! I quickly unplugged it to avoid seeing what would have happened if I left it alone. Anyways, that puppy is going back today and I thought I would share this crazy story. Any ideas???

**crazzeto** · 06-25-2009 11:23 AM

stop watching so much p0rn

**horrorbusiness** · 06-25-2009 11:34 AM

That's pretty crazy. Hopefully they don't say you damaged it.

**GizmoDVD** · 06-25-2009 11:38 AM

Don't hide your pot inside of the sub...trust me.

**ATLFalconsFAN** · 06-25-2009 12:16 PM

That happened to me with a receiver once. Bummer. Sounds like it could have been much worse, glad that it wasn't.

**horrorbusiness** · 06-25-2009 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by ATLFalconsFAN

That happened to me with a receiver once. Bummer. Sounds like it could have been much worse, glad that it wasn't.

I had a receiver that shorted out on me, but never smoke or fire.

**GardenVariety** · 06-25-2009 02:26 PM

Just got back from Best Buy, exchanged it for a Mirage S8. We'll see if I like that sub or not. I want to use my Best Buy card otherwise I would buy a smaller HSU. I am hesitant to try another Def Tech 800 but I might be "forced" into it.

Crazz, that was a very degrading comment and I expect an apology on my desk by the end of the day.

**Lee Stewart** · 06-25-2009 03:56 PM

GV:

You didn't mention anything about your electrical breaker popping at the time of your meltdown. I would have thought that a short circuit big enough to create smoke would have popped the breaker. You might want to check that breaker.

**crazzeto** · 06-25-2009 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by GardenVariety

Just got back from Best Buy, exchanged it for a Mirage S8. We'll see if I like that sub or not. I want to use my Best Buy card otherwise I would buy a smaller HSU. I am hesitant to try another Def Tech 800 but I might be "forced" into it.

Crazz, that was a very degrading comment and I expect an apology on my desk by the end of the day.

You're right, you can't watch too much porn... I appologize

j/k

**GardenVariety** · 06-25-2009 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

GV:

You didn't mention anything about your electrical breaker popping at the time of your meltdown. I would have thought that a short circuit big enough to create smoke would have popped the breaker. You might want to check that breaker.

Circuit didn't even pop. It had to be faulty wiring inside the sub. Probably had something to do with the internal amp. I have a surge projector plugged in and everything was normal. The whole thing was very strange.

**Lone_Gunmen** · 06-25-2009 08:33 PM

Sounds like the motherboard in my PC last year. Just caught on fire.

**Ace_of_Sevens** · 06-26-2009 02:18 AM

Don't worry about it. That's normal.

**ack_bak** · 06-27-2009 04:48 PM

Sounds like a fried amp. Never had it happen to me, but I have heard of it happening before on subs.

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