subwoofer support

[the94camryman]

well i bought a rockford fosgate 12" power t2 subwoofer and man is the sub thing heavy.

right now i have a box made of 3/4" mdf board for 2 fosgate 12" punch woofers.

will that thickness wood support a sub that weighs 60lbs or will i have to provide some sort of support for it inside the box.

[ryan_t888]

3/16" thickness would support it. We use thick, heavy 3/4" MDF to sound Proof the box for maximum listening quality.

Ryan

[bigloubumpin]

I would double up on the baffle,especially if ur gonna feed that dog some power.

[Paseo15psi]

Something that big, I like to drill holes and actually bolt that sucka in. Not too hard if you have removable terminals directly behind the sub. If not, you may have to get creative, but 3/4" MDF should hold it fine.

[the94camryman]

its definately gonna be bolted in. not doing so would be stupid.
not to mention its where the backseat used to be. took it out and made a custom box.

another question.
anybody know of any good fans i can buy to keep my amp cool.
its in the trunk and even though it has a fan it still gets hot in there during the summer.

[BigDog4All]

I ditto 3/4 in MDF.............

As to the fans...........If you can open the amp...see what size fan(s) are in there now. You can upgrade the fan(s) if you like. I replaced the little two inch fans with 3 inch models. Much more air movement in the amp. But most good amps will operate up to about 165 degrees, even in the trunk in the summer time. The key is to remove the hot air from inside the amp. And a larger fan will remove more hot air. My sons rocks his amps in the Camry trunk, with no overheating.

If you are really concerned about trunk overheating, you might want to consider installing the amps under the front seats. But that's your choice.

Make sure you use minimum 4 gauge power cables for your sub amps. And GROUND them suckers good to the metal frame. Not to some ground screw.

Good luck...

[the94camryman]

btw, im not new to subwoofer installation.
dont mean any insult to anybody who was offering advice.
ive got my current system grounded to the frame.
1gauge power wire, 4 gauge ground wire. everything is bolted in. custom made box, everyone says it looks professional. optima yellow top, bigger altenator, 4 farad cap.
no wires showing, all run under the trim.
i was just concerned that the wood would crack b/c the sub is at least twice as heavy as my current subs combined.
but where did you find the 3 in. fans.
only ones i can find are speaker grill fans, and one that blows are from a mounted fan that runs long ways

[BigDog4All]

I work on several computer system components. Sometimes we dispose of equipment locally.

Here is the story......

My sone kept saying, his Sub was cutting off...basically overheating. When I diagnosed the cause, the outcome was, the Amp fan was not operating, thus the over temp.

I looked for a replacement fan but had to go to the amp folks.....over priced and they wanted to do the repair. Screw that.

So looking at all the spare equipment we had laying around...I found a 3 inch very thin and flat fan, with the same specs. I spiced the connector into the larger fan.......and wow.............................Talk about some air movement. No more over heating now. Not even a little.

There is a Fan distrubitor in Texan that I have ordered fans from before. I don't have the link, but I will look for it. They seem to have amoust every DC fan known to man.

[the94camryman]

if you could find that link that would be very much appreciated

[BigDog4All]

Sorry, been away for a while....
Here you go.....Try these.

http://www.jmcproducts.com/products/dc_fans/index.shtml

http://www.mechatronics.com/dc_fans_blowers.htm

[the94camryman]

awesome
greatly appreciated