does it really damage amps mounting them to boxes

[Phatphil's 10+ year member]

yeah. my amps were mounted on my box with 2 12''l7s and it made the screws on the top cover to come loose causing a ear piercing rattle

This is why they invented wood glue and coarse threaded screws //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

 

[outspoken 10+ year member]

Theres no room in the cab for my amps. I have a wall where the back seat was so I had to mount them in the trunk. But if you have your subs in the trunk that wont work because a trunk holds back alot of sound pressure.

soooo.... the spl of my woofers and the mad crazy vibrations are gonna damage my amps?!?! i'm not following. too much bad info on this forum sometimes, i don't have the answeres for everything, but i do know simple logic tells me that when you have a strong or even remotely strong substage the whole **** car will shake, especially if your box is bolted down... crank the system put a quarter on any hard surface in tha car and watch it move... there is the hole in the magical safe mounting place in any car, also in my car, it vibrates more near the front than in the trunk...

 

[shaneb 10+ year member]

A ECU is made to take the elements of the outdoors and the vibration of the engine and the road, that would be stupid of a car company to make a ECU that would fall off driving down the road. A amplifer is way diffrent that a ECU for a car.

It's mounted inside the cabin, and what I meant was not "fall off" but "fall apart" as such we are discussing. Components and Solders coming loose.

You honestly think a CAR amplifier isn't built to withstand vibration any better than a ECU, or my 4WS steering module, or my Climate Control Module?

I beg to differ.

My point is, Sure a desktop PC may not handle a cars vibrations, but sure, electronics can do fine in a automotive enviroment.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

I used to have an old modded MTX81000D mounted on a box for 2 12" L7's... the power terminal broke off from the board (probably due to vibrations) ... but I had recieved the amp second hand, so no telling what had happend to it...

To be fair, I mount all my amp's to the box... I try to use softners between the amp and box, but sometimes, ya gotta do what ya gotta do //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

Most amps are not set up to be resistant to vibration and very few are built to handle it constantly at high levels. Try to find a way to mount the amps so they are less subject to heavy vibration.

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

All electronics hate vibrations, they will fall apart over time even if mounted with rubber mounts. That would be like mounting your seat in your car to your engine block and it shaking the crap out of you.

Okay, first of all... car amplifiers are designed and manufactured knowing they're going in a harsh environment. Why would they design and advertise (as well as them becoming popular) something that wasn't built to withstand the vibrations and conditions of every day driving...?

And all electronics are indifferent to vibrations... the only electronics that are sensitive to vibrations are hard disks... but even then, they flow on a sheet of air, so any bump is flowed through the whole thing, so it's hard to even scratch a hard disk.

 

[Mass Car Audio 10+ year member]

It's mounted inside the cabin, and what I meant was not "fall off" but "fall apart" as such we are discussing. Components and Solders coming loose.You honestly think a CAR amplifier isn't built to withstand vibration any better than a ECU, or my 4WS steering module, or my Climate Control Module?

I beg to differ.

My point is, Sure a desktop PC may not handle a cars vibrations, but sure, electronics can do fine in a automotive enviroment.

why are you even comparing automobile ECU's to a car amp anyways ? they are 2 completly different peices of electronics. Also who said that ECU's in automobiles don't all apart ? I have seen a few.

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

Wow you sir are hard headed.

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

There aren't any moving parts in an amplifier and it's going to be subject to vibration regardless. of where you mount it.

Mounting it on the box isn't going to hurt anything... unless your amplifier is a sissy. But it would never hurt to mount it on rubber feet to reduce the vibrations and increase airflow around it.

 

[outspoken 10+ year member]

i keep asking and nobody has yet to say, where is this magical vibration free zone in a car with your average substage! cmon' i got the screwgun in hand ready to go!!!

 

[shaneb 10+ year member]

why are you even comparing automobile ECU's to a car amp anyways ? they are 2 completly different peices of electronics. Also who said that ECU's in automobiles don't all apart ? I have seen a few.

I didn't I compared it to MY 15 YEAR OLD ECU and the fact that a ECU, if you have ever pulled one apart. Is a silicone board with components soldered to it. Very much like a amplifier. As was my 4WS module when I pulled it apart.

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

i guess the only explanation for amps failing while mounted on boxes is TEH MAGIK BASSWAVEZ!!

 

[Mass Car Audio 10+ year member]

Okay, first of all... car amplifiers are designed and manufactured knowing they're going in a harsh environment. Why would they design and advertise (as well as them becoming popular) something that wasn't built to withstand the vibrations and conditions of every day driving...?And all electronics are indifferent to vibrations... the only electronics that are sensitive to vibrations are hard disks... but even then, they flow on a sheet of air, so any bump is flowed through the whole thing, so it's hard to even scratch a hard disk.

yes i see your point, but how come I have seen amps fall apart for being mounted to the box or in a inferior place with lots of vibrations and they were not cheap amplifiers ?

 

[shaneb 10+ year member]

i guess the only explanation for amps failing while mounted on boxes is TEH MAGIK BASSWAVEZ!!

TEH MAGIK BASSWAVEZ = DB's //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[outspoken 10+ year member]

yes i see your point, but how come I have seen amps fall apart for being mounted to the box or in a inferior place with lots of vibrations and they were not cheap amplifiers ?

what exactly gave you this conclusive evidence?