Julians build log

[Julian 641]

Heres my first build log, my setup is going to be

two 12 inch DC Audio Level 4's with the Level 5 coils and dual 1.

Sundown audio 3000d

KnuKonceptz Wire 1/0

Rockford Fosgate Fuses

Lightning Audio fuse blocks

2 Deka Intemidators 9a31

H/O Alt

Santa AKA the UPS man brought me some goodies

Coolest way of tightening wire to the fuse block two different screws one on the side and one on top

RF 300 amp fuses

Fuse Block

25 ft of power

Ground 1/0 size

15 ft of 1/0 ground

My Box:

4.38 cu foot made of 1 inch MDF

4.10 Net after displacement of sub woofers.

Edited September 10, 2009 by Julian

[Julian 641]

Slight update:

I think satan himself made side mount batteries

Installed my 1/0 wire and fuse installed

My IDa-X200 installed

Memphis set installed

still waiting for my amp to come supposed to ship this monday

Edited September 11, 2009 by Julian

[poundindak69 15]

i love that HU, i have the ida-x300 and it rocks!! and nice install

[Julian 641]

thanks i love mine too, but the banking function is really obnoxious though.

[Estsound 7]

dang, nice HU

[jcarter1885 995]

Good build so far, keep up the good work.

[Julian 641]

thank you thank you

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Kepp up the good work and pictures.

[Julian 641]

Finished up my big 3, took about 5 hours due to the fact i made everything, the terminals and such

Alt ground

run from alt to + battery terminal

Terminal i had to make because the dumb bolt is way down, made of copper tubing that has been smashed and bent slightly with a bolt on the top of ot shaped like an L

everything nice n' clean

That's all for now folks

Edited September 13, 2009 by Julian

[jcarter1885 995]

What a money saver, made your own terminals. How do they work for you?

[Julian 641]

Fantastic, i think i got... 10 or 12 out of a 6 dollar pipe and they're pretty big i personally think they're easier to put the wire in and press it down, also you can make them as long, as short, the size of the hole, quite nice.

[Kanaworm$ 292]

Nice build! Good idea on the wire terminlas!

[Julian 641]

Thanks!

Hopefully i'll get my new SA 3kd soon, maybe by the 20th i really hope so. i wanna be competing at this High School Comp so i can own some people ^^

[sandsnip3r 0]

love the deck, i have the ida-x100, so nice...

what banking function are you talking about?

[Julian 641]

when you use a thumb drive it looks through it to find ALL the songs, the more files + folders it has the longer it takes, and its obnoxiously long.

[shizzzon 461]

ok here is your design-

Specs - 4.00 cuft NET tuned to ~34.5hz

Box External-

37" wide

16" high

21" deep

Box Internal-

35.5" wide

14.5" high

18.75" deep

Using double baffle!

Port 1-

14.5" high x 4.5" wide x 18.75" deep

Port 2-

14.5" high x 4.5" wide x 7" deep

That is internally measured, build according to pic.

you can use allthread or dowel for bracing. for some other areas not touched, simple small L brackets or small pieces of wood can be used to attach to other areas if necessary.

[Julian 641]

two ports?

or is it getting like an insert like a removeable port?

[porkchop 304]

might have some copper pipe smashing going on over here, ha, lol. i like that idea, looks like you are going to have a decent box too.

[Julian 641]

Thanks, i love making my own terminals.

thanks!

[amatt85 0]

two ports?

or is it getting like an insert like a removeable port?

the two ports he is reffering to is the 2 different pieces of wood used for the "L" shaped port

18.75" long for the long part of the "L"

7" long for the short part of the "L"

hope that helps..

[Julian 641]

Yeah i just realized what he was saying

thanks anyways.

[Julian 641]

a small update

Not liking my my big 3 so i re did it

Shorter ground

shorter + Lead.

waiting for my DC alt to ship out!

[shizzzon 461]

when doin grounds, if you are unsure of whether the ground spot u chose is the best, do this-

get some jumper cables and only use the ground side and connect one end to the negative battery post and the other end to where you are grounding at.

Whip out the dmm and measure what your voltage is at the battery before and after doing this.

If the voltage goes up, you need a better ground, if it stays the same, the ground location is great.

When running batts in the back of the vehicle, if you have a measureable voltage drop of more than .1-.2v, run a cable from the rear grounding terminal on one fo the batts to the grounding terminal on the front battery.

If the measured voltage on the rear batts increase, you need a better ground or more runs. IF you think the runs are sufficient and can't get a better ground, run another large cable dedicated solely as a grounding cable from the front to the rear batt bank.

Jumper cables and a dmm will help find an answer to voltage issues like these quick.

I'd also like to add that when measuring voltage in the rear, it's best to have the car revved slightly just in case your alt doesn't "turn on" on your car's actual idle speed.

Also, when using jumper cables, do NOT have a crazy monsterous load goin on either, most jumper cables aren't even 1/0 and i wouldnt want anyone melting wire from leaving them connected from a crazy load.

You shouldn't even really need a load other than the car being on. that should be plenty to measure voltage issues and grounding locations.

This is the method i use and i gotta say, u don't know what's good ground til you test it and some places may shock you as good and bad places to use in terms of resistance...

[Julian 641]

Thanks, everything was sanded down to a bare metal sheen, just shortened it up due to the fact that i needed some wire also because it makes it look cleaner

Btw, i posted a reply to my wall thread i posted with some details/pics

[Enellz 2]

I knew when you complained about the battery terminal what car it was, lol. I have a 97 lumee. I did my grounds under the hood pretty much the sane way. I did sand it down like a bish though. Great build though man!