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[SteelKiller 10+ year member]

Well......I'm back again!!! Gonna do it this time!!! I have the power so now it's time to build. I have a basic design but am not sure how to calculate volume with a weird shape. I will attach a pic but it's not mine and I have

reached out multiple times asking to buy design plans ect.... sealed.....2-10" drivers or 4-8" drivers. Of course I know it all depends on 3space but. I have 1500 of under rated class d with 1/0 ran to the connection point. Any way to make an educated guess/calculation on volume?
Thanks

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[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

You need to calculate the front wedge and then the back wedge. Then just add the square inches up and divide by 1,728.

 

[Jimi77 5,000+ posts]

Break the shape up into cubes and prisms then add their volumes together.

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

Break the shape up into cubes and prisms then add their volumes together.

What? Prisms? Really? Doesn't anybody know how to calculate the airspace in a wedge box?

 

[Jimi77 5,000+ posts]

What? Prisms? Really? Doesn't anybody know how to calculate the airspace in a wedge box?

Do it just like I said and you'll get an accurate answer. Perhaps you didn't know a prism and wedge are the same thing.

 

[1aespinoza 10+ year member]

Any way to make an educated guess/calculation on volume?
Thanks

On a wedge, you add the tall and short heights, divide the answer by 2. Then multiply that by the area of the entire top panel. Now measure the "notches" and subtract from the overall size.

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

Do it just like I said and you'll get an accurate answer. Perhaps you didn't know a prism and wedge are the same thing.

Ok, whatever you say genius.

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

On a wedge, you add the tall and short heights, divide the answer by 2. Then multiply that by the area of the entire top panel. Now measure the "notches" and subtract from the overall size.

Finally, somebody with some math skills.

 

[SteelKiller 10+ year member]

Ok, talk to my local shop.....he says front firing is less desirable than up or down firing?!!! WTF!!! He says something about the sound wave doubling easier? I understand to a point but isn't there such a thing as too close? Also, he says 1200-1500 isn't enough for 4-8" L7 or similar, what do you think? Sealed is my preference.

 

[SteelKiller 10+ year member]

Finally, somebody with some math skills.

I have basic geometry skills, just looking for an easier(quicker) way than breaking out the old tape measure!!! I'm lazy in the planning stage!!!

 

[Jimi77 5,000+ posts]

Ok, whatever you say genius.

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Your arrogance is astonishing.

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[Jimi77 5,000+ posts]

I have basic geometry skills, just looking for an easier(quicker) way than breaking out the old tape measure!!! I'm lazy in the planning stage!!!

Some people will fill the enclosure with packing peanuts and then pour the peanuts into a box find their volume. I guess if you have bunch of packing peanuts laying around, that works. Not sure if saves you much effort.

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

Your arrogance is astonishing.

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A wedge isn't a triangle kid. A wedge has four points. You are out of your lane. Go argue politics. I'm not arrogant. I'm smart.

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

Some people will fill the enclosure with packing peanuts and then pour the peanuts into a box find their volume. I guess if you have bunch of packing peanuts laying around, that works. Not sure if saves you much effort.

Might as well do a cylinder volume test. What size packing peanuts? What is the formula for packing peanuts to airspace volume? Because everybody has a shitt load of packing peanuts laying around to calculate their subwoofer box airspace. It's simple wedge box math kid. A two minute problem..

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

Your arrogance is astonishing.

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This triangular prism calculator determines the volume and surface area of that solid.

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That's a fukking triangle not a multi-dimensional wedge. You are a funny kid. Why not do it with a pentagon or octagon?