 |  | |  | | Custom Enclosure Measurement? | | CCA Back Bacon
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 22
| Does anybody have any tricks for accurately measuring the volume of an irregular shaped enclosure? |
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: bc delta Posts: 4,208
| foam chips
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Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 22
| Foam chips ! right on. I'm guessing I fill up the enclosure with them.
Any tips on the best way to measure them afterward and do you know where a good place to get some would be?
thanks! |
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| get a box that you know the size and fill it with the foam chips that came form the sub box or make a 1cft box and see how many times you fill it
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| Any large rectangular box. Length x Width x Depth you fill it to. If you measure in inches, multiply it all together and divide by 1728 for cubic feet.
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| | |   |  | |  | | CCA Back Bacon
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 22
| I couldn't find any foam chips so I bought a bunch of sponges from the dollar store and cut them up. seemed to work well.
Now if only I can figure out why my subs sound so crappy when the enclosure is the right size. |
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| is the box air tight
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Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 22
| Ya as far as I can tell the enclosures are air tight. I looked and listened for any obvious air leaks but haven't found any. The seal around the opening the sub sits in also seems good.
I imagine if their was an air leak it would be pretty obvious, that I would be able to feel the air pushing out.... or do I need to investigate further? |
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| have a cohiba or a smoke play the sub see if the smoke moves as the air comes out
is the amp set
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