Terminal Cup Q
Originally posted by Blinddemonz:
JRace the size of the wire is just speaker wire no ?
Radioshack now = The Source right?
The last box I had was the screw down ones.
JRace the size of the wire is just speaker wire no ?
Radioshack now = The Source right?
The last box I had was the screw down ones.
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this is basically what i do on most of my boxes.
--8 eyelet ends
--4 small bolts about 3 inches long
--12 nuts (4 nylock)
-drill four small holes (assuming 1 DVC sub) in the wood slightly smaller than your bolts
-put eyelet ends on the VC wires and around bolts. Dont forget to label where each wire goes on the inside/outside of the box
-one nut on each bolt synched all the way up to the bolt head with one eyelet end in between per bolt
-hammer bolt through the wood (air tight seal)
-place nut on the outside of each bolt and tighten up to the wood on the box.
-at this point you can run small jumper wires from one bolt to the other depending on if your coils were wired in parallel or series.
-eyelet ends for the jumper wire and speaker wires to the amp are placed on the corresponding bolt.
-nylock bolt installed on the end and tightened.
long story short it looks like this
--8 eyelet ends
--4 small bolts about 3 inches long
--12 nuts (4 nylock)
-drill four small holes (assuming 1 DVC sub) in the wood slightly smaller than your bolts
-put eyelet ends on the VC wires and around bolts. Dont forget to label where each wire goes on the inside/outside of the box
-one nut on each bolt synched all the way up to the bolt head with one eyelet end in between per bolt
-hammer bolt through the wood (air tight seal)
-place nut on the outside of each bolt and tighten up to the wood on the box.
-at this point you can run small jumper wires from one bolt to the other depending on if your coils were wired in parallel or series.
-eyelet ends for the jumper wire and speaker wires to the amp are placed on the corresponding bolt.
-nylock bolt installed on the end and tightened.
long story short it looks like this
Wagonized: I've done the same thing, only with 5/16 solid brass toilet bolts (don't laugh) they're cheap, big, and brass is an excellent conductor. but what I do is drill and tap the MDF (really easy to do) and then screw the bolt through from the inside, so the bolt end is on the ouside, then take a nylock nut and put it on backwards, with the rounded end towards the box, and torque it down until the rounded part is completely embedded in the wood, sealing the hole completely, and leaving a completely flat surface to put the wire on on the outside.
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Originally posted by Sassmaster:
Wagonized: I've done the same thing, only with 5/16 solid brass toilet bolts (don't laugh) they're cheap, big, and brass is an excellent conductor. but what I do is drill and tap the MDF (really easy to do) and then screw the bolt through from the inside, so the bolt end is on the ouside, then take a nylock nut and put it on backwards, with the rounded end towards the box, and torque it down until the rounded part is completely embedded in the wood, sealing the hole completely, and leaving a completely flat surface to put the wire on on the outside.
Wagonized: I've done the same thing, only with 5/16 solid brass toilet bolts (don't laugh) they're cheap, big, and brass is an excellent conductor. but what I do is drill and tap the MDF (really easy to do) and then screw the bolt through from the inside, so the bolt end is on the ouside, then take a nylock nut and put it on backwards, with the rounded end towards the box, and torque it down until the rounded part is completely embedded in the wood, sealing the hole completely, and leaving a completely flat surface to put the wire on on the outside.
i just use stainless for my bolts because ive got a ton of them around my garage but brass would be worth a shot too.
when in doubt add duct tape
