As many of you know I am building a wedge type enclosure for three subs that will fit behind the rear seat of my truck.
Even though it will be one big box it will have three compartments. I would like to run the wiring through the inside to one end of the box. Could I do this by drilling a hole in the seperators and run wire through them then seal it with silicone? The wire I an using is round (streetwires 12ga twisted pair with an additional plastic over the pair making it round).
Then to get the wire outside the box should I just use a terminal cup? They seem so flimsy compared to the construction of the box, or are they small enough they don't affect the enclosure performance as far as flexing?
thanks guys
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'03 F-250 CC Fx4
Drill hole and seal with silicone. In some cases it is a good idea to secure the wire to the inside of the box with a wire loop and a screw as well to keep the wire from being pulled on or out of the box.
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Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.
dang your fast.
Is that better than terminals?
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'03 F-250 CC Fx4
In my opinion, yes.
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Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.
I do the same thing, I secure the wires inside the box using loops and screws and to exit the box, I just drill as small of a hole as possable, run the wire through it and silicone the crap out of it. I have built 3 box's using the method and have yet to run into any problems.
Also, after the silicone has curred, I usually spray the inside of the box with a sound deadener spray or a rubberized undercoating spray for one to make sure that everything is airtight and two, to help keep reasonating tones inside the box to a minimum.
Chris
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Alpine CDA-9833 HU
Diamond Audio M661 Components
MTX Thunder T6.6 Components:rear fill:
Cadence Q400 4 Channel Mains + rears
Thunder 801D Subs
MTX 1004 10's
Dual 4g wire to rear
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