Mount On Rubber Washers to Absorb Vibration?W

[walkychalky 10+ year member]

Well I've had alot of amp trouble over the past few months n after posting my woes it seemed to be a common consensus that my amps were dying as a result of too much vibration from me mounting them on the box....sooo....i jus got a new amp and i dont want the same thing to happen but i have no where else really to mount it.....so do u think if i mounted it on rubber washers this would help to absorb the vibration and solve the problem or should i wait til i can find a way to mount the amps off the box? all suggestions welcome //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

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[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

How about an amp rack?

 

[walkychalky 10+ year member]

How about an amp rack?

thatd be a last resort.....im not too good with buildin stuff which is why im considering this....but if yall dont think it would work ill jus try to build an amp rack or have one built for me

 

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

ive heard of mouting them on rubber on boxes before

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

But if the vibration is THAT BAD, you could have the amp rack built to go under a seat or something. But yeah, I've heard of using rubber mounts too.

 

[cunokyle 10+ year member]

You could always brace the box. You know, the inside so it does not vibrate...if it is vibrating bad enough to ruin amps it needs bracing anyway!

 

[wolfman1966 10+ year member]

what kind of vehicle are we talking about? in my car, my amp is mounted on the back of my back seat, but you can also mount it underneath one of the front seats if theres room....just a couple of ideas

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

you could moun them on rubber feet. that wil help dampen the vibations.

 

[JoeRa22 10+ year member]

You could always brace the box. You know, the inside so it does not vibrate...if it is vibrating bad enough to ruin amps it needs bracing anyway!

Yeah i'd agree with that 100%.

Screw another board to the box where your mounting the amp, if you wanna be extra safe screw two layers.

Make sure you throw a decent # of screws in the board if your gonna do it or you might just be making the problem worse.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

um. how bout just get some foam shit and put it between.

or like the guy said put another layer of mdf down.

this is really a common sense thing. use your BRAIN to solve the problem.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

brain power, thats whats up

 

[Racerx250 10+ year member]

wouldn't foam cause a lack of ventilation?

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

if the amp mounting points are sitting on foam pieces. i do not see how it would cause problems with ventilation.

 

[walkychalky 10+ year member]

the box is braced....i think i might jus try the rubber washers

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

that will be fine, it will work.