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Features
Enclosure Compatibility
Features
Shallow Mount Design: The
Rockford Fosgate Punch P3 Shallow Subwoofer is designed and engineered with a
more shallow motor assembly which reduces the overall depth of the woofer,
allowing it to fit in smaller locations in your
vehicle.
Removable Magnet Cover: The
woofer's PVC textured magnet covered can be removed to allow for even smaller
installation applications. With the magnet cover
installed, the woofer has the following dimensions:
- Magnet Diameter: 6.466"
- Depth as Top: 3.519"
- Depth as Bottom: 3.8"
Note: The dimensions listed in the
Specifications Table are without the magnet cover.
Dual Voice Coils: This
woofer features dual 4-ohm voice coils for wiring flexibility. When
the voice coils are wired in parallel, the woofer presents a 2-ohm load. When the voice coils are wired in series, the
woofer presents an 8-ohm load. In addition, each coil may be connected to a
different amplifier channel and each channel will see a 4-ohm load.
Woofer: The cone is Kevlar Fiber reinforced semi-pressed paper with an
ABS/Acrylic dustcap. The
combination of these materials provides increased power handling capability,
exceptional low bass response and long lasting durability.
High
Excursion Tall Profile Surround: A tall profile,
high excursion Poly-ether-ester surround allows for maximum linear travel
without reducing overall piston size giving you the highest SPL levels possible.
High-Temp Voice Coils:
The woofer uses a 2.5", 4-layer, high-temp voice-coil with
spun-lace Nomex reinforcement collars and aluminum former to provide excellent heat dissipation and
SPL capabilities unlike many other plastic substitutes.
Linear Spider: A compliant
linear spider made from tear and fatigue resistant poly-cotton improves
mechanical stability under high excursion, maintaining consistent excursion
characteristics. The spider rests in a vented spider cavity to reduce heat
build-up. The 16-gauge tinsel leads are embedded into the spider.
Spherically Vented Motor: The spherically
vented spider and pole piece efficiently exhaust excessive heat away from the
woofer. This excessive heat that is dissipated through the spherically vented
motor reduces the operating temperature of the voice coil by over 50°
Fahrenheit, increasing the life of the woofer.
Basket: The Rockford Punch3 Shallow Woofer
features a sturdy die-cast aluminum frame which adds rigidity and eliminates
multiple acoustic resonances.
Spring Post
Assembly: The woofer
features a custom insulated/isolated compression input terminal assembly with
attached flexible, 16-gauge stitched tinsel lead wires that can withstand
extreme duty cycles, fatigue and high current. The heavy-duty nickel
plated spring posts will accept pin connectors, single and dual banana plugs, and bare wire
up to 10-gauge.
Trim Ring: For added cosmetic appeal the woofer comes
with an aluminum trim ring that mounts over the flange of the woofer.
When using the trim ring, the woofer is first mounted with eight screws, then the ring is
mounted over the woofer, aligning the final four holes of the
woofer with ring. The other four screws are used in these holes to mount the
ring and woofer to the enclosure. The trim ring increases the top-mounting
height of the woofer to 0.798 inches and the ring diameter is 11.086 inches.
Reverse Mounting: The Rockford Punch
Shallow Woofer can be top or bottom mounted. The aluminum trim ring that is
supplied with the woofer provides an easy and cosmetically finished look
regardless of the mounting direction.
Break-In Period: Due to the design of the
Rockford Fosgate P3 Shallow subwoofer, a 24 to 48 hour break-in period is
required to allow for maximum excursion and low frequency extension. The shallow
woofer suspension is intentionally designed to optimize once the internal
components are exercised under normal music listening conditions.
Enclosure Compatibility
Sealed
Box
Volume:
The sealed box size range recommended by Rockford Fosgate is
0.40 to 1.0 cubic feet. Within this range, the ideal recommended size is 0.5 cubic feet.
Vented Box
Volume: The vented box size recommended by Rockford Fosgate
is 0.75 cubic feet. One 3"
diameter x 12" long port should be used.
