Ice Chest Cooler Stereo

[FamousMassacre 10+ year member]

Has anyone here made a cooler stereo?

I was thinking of doing this and spending about this:

Small battery 12v

Cheap headunit

Good Speakers

8" sub

I'd probably run the speakers from the HU instead of an amp and then the sub on a crap boss amp

Wouldn't pay more than $250

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[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

i made some about 10 years ago. i did 2 5.25" outdoor speakers in a 30 gallon ice chest with a marine cd player plugged to an optima blue top.

I want to make a couple more since technology has changed and it's a lot easier to make one with smaller components.

 

[VWBobby 10+ year member]

Just curious, how long can you play it before the battery starts to die?

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

it played long enough to last the entire tubing trip.

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

I would imagine it would last long enough for anyone.

My golf cart runs on one 12v marine battery and its never died on me at shows or anywhere.

Its powering an Alpine PDX 5 channel that powers 4 BA SC 6.5 coaxs and one 8" L7

 

[Boomsday 10+ year member]

I built one, no subs or amps just hu, and speaks, I used a kinetic 800 batt, I could go for about 6-8hours near full tilt with no problem

 

[Txluke]

I build a lot of ice chest radios. I just joined to get some info on some of the ideas I have. I don't want to step on any toes by mentioning names but there is a forum that is dedicated to cooler radios.

 

[clickclickw00t 10+ year member]

Saw a guy at Mardi Gras that had one. I could legit hear it from 2 blocks away. He had solar panels on the top of it charging the battery. He was going for a good 8-10 hours on fill tilt.

 

[Txluke]

Solar panels on a cooler are a joke. They don't put out enough juice to keep a battery charged. I use a 35ah SLA battery in my cooler and with my kenwood amp pushing a pair of 6x9's it will run at 3/4 volume for at least 8hrs.

 

[momofx 10+ year member]

I build a lot of ice chest radios. I just joined to get some info on some of the ideas I have. I don't want to step on any toes by mentioning names but there is a forum that is dedicated to cooler radios.

What is the forum? Just curious lol.

 

[Txluke]

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