My little project: Amp 'Box'
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My little project: Amp 'Box'
For a long time I've been planning on building a false floor or something to put my amps underneath. Well I finally got around to doing it. I built a box type thing that sits on the back floor, with a lid that now acts as the floor, and my amps and wiring are inside it.
My humble workspace:
Building Pics:
This is the underside of the lid:
It was my first time carpeting anything, but I think I did ok, you can just barely see the joints in the last pic of the underside.
I'm still working on wiring up the fans to a relay, then I can get some pics of it installed. I had it in and it fits well. Next project will be a new box for my 10" but I'm still deciding where to put it/what shape to make it. I need to keep at least 1 jump seat.
Let me know what you think and any suggestions you might have for box design!
My humble workspace:
Building Pics:
This is the underside of the lid:
It was my first time carpeting anything, but I think I did ok, you can just barely see the joints in the last pic of the underside.
I'm still working on wiring up the fans to a relay, then I can get some pics of it installed. I had it in and it fits well. Next project will be a new box for my 10" but I'm still deciding where to put it/what shape to make it. I need to keep at least 1 jump seat.
Let me know what you think and any suggestions you might have for box design!
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I just took a couple quick pics of it in the truck. Excuse the dirt, it's a work truck.
You can see a few wires in front of the jack compartment, but that's alright, that's where I hope to build a new box. My 10" is in a cheap box right now that I got at a pawn shop, and the optimum enclosure for it (Infinity Reference 10" 250 RMS) is quite a bit smaller than what it's in right now. I'm also considering getting a new 10" though, maybe an Alpine Type R or X, so I'm gonna wait on the box.
Anyway, yeah I had hoped to build it about 1 1/2" shorter, but I ended up having to build it at this height in order to fit those fans in. I'm not sure how much I like it, but it was a fun project and total cost was $30. $15 -half sheet MDF, $15 -Carpet. I had everything else laying around.
I rarely ever have anyone ride in the back, my wife has a Pontiac Sunfire, my truck is just for me and work. But if I do and they have muddy feet they will be taking their shoes off. The mud wouldn't get into the wood, but it would get into the carpet.
It's kind of trippy when I turn on the cd player, I hear three clicks (main relay for fans+amp remotes, and then relay inside each amp) then the fans start to hum.
You can see a few wires in front of the jack compartment, but that's alright, that's where I hope to build a new box. My 10" is in a cheap box right now that I got at a pawn shop, and the optimum enclosure for it (Infinity Reference 10" 250 RMS) is quite a bit smaller than what it's in right now. I'm also considering getting a new 10" though, maybe an Alpine Type R or X, so I'm gonna wait on the box.
Anyway, yeah I had hoped to build it about 1 1/2" shorter, but I ended up having to build it at this height in order to fit those fans in. I'm not sure how much I like it, but it was a fun project and total cost was $30. $15 -half sheet MDF, $15 -Carpet. I had everything else laying around.
I rarely ever have anyone ride in the back, my wife has a Pontiac Sunfire, my truck is just for me and work. But if I do and they have muddy feet they will be taking their shoes off. The mud wouldn't get into the wood, but it would get into the carpet.
It's kind of trippy when I turn on the cd player, I hear three clicks (main relay for fans+amp remotes, and then relay inside each amp) then the fans start to hum.
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