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Building an amp rack, Need some help though.


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I have a garage system and getting a new amp in the mail here in a few days. I have an amp I use for the sub right now but moving it to the speakers. Now that I have 2 amps I don't have enough room on my current setup

Current Setup:

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Planned setup:

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I could not find a threaded rod screw plate in the 3d warehouse so I improvised

The Red things are threaded 1/2" rod.

Questions:

1.) Will it wobble?

2.) I want to add a fan for each amp, What size will work and will a 12v fan run on 14.4-8v tops?

side note, I'm going to get an xs power battery to replace the one that is in the picture. not that that has anything to do with this subject but... :)

And anyone interested in the "build" tell me and I will upload pictures of building this

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1) If all nuts are tightened down, I don't see why it would.

2) It should, I used to use fans in my old set up hooked up directly to my remote relay which fed the power my car saw.

On 11/20/2012 at 8:54 PM, AMI CUSTOMS said:

Turned mine up today at a light, guy next to me his steering wheel started moving and he looked over at me like I was a magician lol.

On 5/9/2012 at 8:45 PM, skittlesRgood said:

fuck the plating. look at what the main metal used is. you could buy unicorn blood plated terminals but if its just covering up dog shit, whats the point

On 4/10/2013 at 12:26 PM, mrd6 said:

I'll admit, half way through sanding that fiberglass in the rain and cold while I was all itchy I was definitely starting to question why i was doing this haha

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Depending on how you have it bolted to the floor, it should not wobble. I can tell you for sure that 12V fans will run up to 15.2V. Just regular computer fans anyway. I have 8 of them in my current amp rack.

"Clipping" is the biggest forum boner now. It's like witchcraft... it automatically explains just about everything people don't understand.

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1) If all nuts are tightened down, I don't see why it would.

2) It should, I used to use fans in my old set up hooked up directly to my remote relay which fed the power my car saw.

Depending on how you have it bolted to the floor, it should not wobble. I can tell you for sure that 12V fans will run up to 15.2V. Just regular computer fans anyway. I have 8 of them in my current amp rack.

Thanks, do you guys what size will fit between the 1st level?

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(1) Alpine 1242D 12" Type R ported 32-35hz

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Depends on how you're mounting it. But there's a couple different sizes of computer case fans. Looks like 120mm, which are really popular and there's like thousands of them, will fit right in there. 120mm is like 4.72".

"Clipping" is the biggest forum boner now. It's like witchcraft... it automatically explains just about everything people don't understand.

My build log: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/200295-gckless-2011-chevrolet-impala/

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Depends on how you're mounting it. But there's a couple different sizes of computer case fans. Looks like 120mm, which are really popular and there's like thousands of them, will fit right in there. 120mm is like 4.72".

I have/want the levels to be around 4 3/4"(120.65mm) apart but that will all depend when I'm done.

Edit: Now that I think of it the current amp only gets hot when on LPF so it wont require a fan, but I want to put one down at the very bottom because I don't want the Stereo/any components under there to overheat.

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(1) Rockford Fosgate R1200-1D

(1) Alpine 1242D 12" Type R ported 32-35hz

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What type of mettle should I use for the nuts and threaded rod?

Pick up some nickel plated rod and washers and nuts. Galvanized would work too

I can only find Zinc plated, Will that work?

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(1) Rockford Fosgate R1200-1D

(1) Alpine 1242D 12" Type R ported 32-35hz

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