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Should you not mount amps on sub box...?
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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8818647" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>I've had amps break from vibration not even mounted to the box. Of course if you have a 600W amp on a Best Buy prefab box you'll likely never have any issues but when you get into some of the stuff available today vibration absolutely puts stress on absolutely everything. Some amps in the past without proper support of very long boards were known to fail catastrophically when the board and back plate would flex enough to touch (looking at you Orion 2500D), other amps have failed with symptoms like cracked legs on components due to flexing or heavy components like chokes and torroids breaking loose (you'll notice a lot of high power amps dump loads of hot melt glue around these components now as a band-aid). </p><p></p><p>Most manufacturers responded by over-building their amps to better withstand such abuse but it's still abuse.</p><p></p><p>It is absolutely the best policy to NOT mount amps to a box, but if you insist the other possible danger is wires becoming broken or unplugged in the event of a crash if the box isn't well secured to the frame of the vehicle. </p><p></p><p>Finally, if you want to know if your mounting location is vibrating play it max volume and press your forehead against wherever you're going to mount your amp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8818647, member: 614752"] I've had amps break from vibration not even mounted to the box. Of course if you have a 600W amp on a Best Buy prefab box you'll likely never have any issues but when you get into some of the stuff available today vibration absolutely puts stress on absolutely everything. Some amps in the past without proper support of very long boards were known to fail catastrophically when the board and back plate would flex enough to touch (looking at you Orion 2500D), other amps have failed with symptoms like cracked legs on components due to flexing or heavy components like chokes and torroids breaking loose (you'll notice a lot of high power amps dump loads of hot melt glue around these components now as a band-aid). Most manufacturers responded by over-building their amps to better withstand such abuse but it's still abuse. It is absolutely the best policy to NOT mount amps to a box, but if you insist the other possible danger is wires becoming broken or unplugged in the event of a crash if the box isn't well secured to the frame of the vehicle. Finally, if you want to know if your mounting location is vibrating play it max volume and press your forehead against wherever you're going to mount your amp. [/QUOTE]
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