Speaker Ice Chest

[dannyz122001 10+ year member]

I am thinking about building an ice chest with built-in speakers, subs, amp, bat, etc. Looking to see if anyone has ever done one or has any useful ideas.

Looking to use possibly a marine 8 of some sort, 4? marine 6x9's or 6'' coaxials, a 4-channel marine amp, and a batt.

Conceptually, the idea is to use a large ice chest, section off areas to hold the amp and batt and so on, but for it to still be functionable to hold beer and all. Just throw some ideas out there

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[azbass 5,000+ posts]

my buddy did that, was sweet until it flew out the back of his truck when he left the tailgate down.

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

I am thinking about building an ice chest with built-in speakers, subs, amp, bat, etc. Looking to see if anyone has ever done one or has any useful ideas.
Looking to use possibly a marine 8 of some sort, 4? marine 6x9's or 6'' coaxials, a 4-channel marine amp, and a batt.

Conceptually, the idea is to use a large ice chest, section off areas to hold the amp and batt and so on, but for it to still be functionable to hold beer and all. Just throw some ideas out there

Depends... if it's going in your boat... put the amps somewhere else and just run some small coaxials (4" or so. No need for 6x9", but you can if you want.) Then connect it VIA some sort of MOLEX type of connection or use some RCA interconnects for the power. Don't run subs... it's not worth it. They'll go out.

 

[dannyz122001 10+ year member]

Depends... if it's going in your boat... put the amps somewhere else and just run some small coaxials (4" or so. No need for 6x9", but you can if you want.) Then connect it VIA some sort of MOLEX type of connection or use some RCA interconnects for the power. Don't run subs... it's not worth it. They'll go out.

its not going in a boat, its gonna be portable to that i can take it on the beach or in a tube when tubing down the river. i want it to be totally self-contained

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

i wouldn't use an amp. i used 6.5in marine coaxials off headunit in the one I did, it was a 55gal ice chest.

 

[snfsh79077 10+ year member]

woe baton rouge eh? I live in baton rouge and have a design for a ice chest radio that I plan to build. pm me and I'll help you out.

 

[wasted ink 10+ year member]

***NOT MY WORK***

http://fiberglassforums.com/showthread.php?t=6480

 

[geowick07 10+ year member]

***NOT MY WORK***
http://fiberglassforums.com/showthread.php?t=6480

That is cool!

Stuff like that always makes me laugh.

Has there ever been anything that people won't put a set of speakers on? Lol...I like the idea, but man, that has "too much time on my hands" written all over it!

geo

 

[MBrock4u 10+ year member]

What will they think of next LOL

 

[dannyz122001 10+ year member]

made a quick sketchup of my idea. i tossed the sub idea and probably went a little over the top but you get the idea.

in the drawing, its 6-6'' coax. on the left side of the ice chest, i have partitioned off an area for a battery (in the lower left side, visible in the x-ray image) and an amp. to "enclose" the area, im gonna use a piece of frosted plexi? or something, with holes in it to allow the amp to breathe. im also gonna mount a HU on the plexi or whatever and throw an ipod dock in there somewhere, using one of those waterproof cases.

EDIT: im gonna use some PVC piping or something to make speaker pods that will extend into the actually ice chest about 1.5'' and gonna FG it to make it waterproof

question though, how would i go about wiring this thing? as far as power/ground, just straight from the amp pos and neg to batt pos and neg? if so, then what about HU power? ideas/suggestions......

 

[dannyz122001 10+ year member]

sketch-up:

 

[dannyz122001 10+ year member]

bigger pics....

 

[RKPsk8er 10+ year member]

i made a thread a few days ago about mine but im using a keg instead of a cooler.

 

[snfsh79077 10+ year member]

interesting design....in my design I scrapped the HU and will only use an ipod dock, 4 channel amp, four 6 1/2's, 8" sub, and battery in a 150 qt ice chest and still utulize 3/4 of the ice chest. oh and it will be on big tires

 

[dannyz122001 10+ year member]

interesting design....in my design I scrapped the HU and will only use an ipod dock, 4 channel amp, four 6 1/2's, 8" sub, and battery in a 150 qt ice chest and still utulize 3/4 of the ice chest. oh and it will be on big tires

yea thats basically what im going for.... havent decided about the HU or not... prob wont just so its one less thing to worry about. let me know how the sub works out.

wanna share a pic of your design?