Running wires in a ported box

[Afboy143 10+ year member]

Well Im building a ported box like the one below for a magnum 15" My question is how should I run the wires in this box? Everyone runs the wire thru the port but I have a very very long port. Is there any reason why people do that or can I just put in wire connectors say on the left side wall? Would that cause any noise? Thanks

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[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

As long as the terminal box is sturdy and you seal around it, that is the best way to do it. I have in the past just drilled a hole in the side of the box, run the wires and then sealed the wire into the hole with hot glue with very good results.

 

[Omarvelous 10+ year member]

Yea, get Terminals from partsexpress.

U then use a banana plug for the high quality ones to connect the amp to the terminal wich is connected to the sub.

 

[Trixter 10+ year member]

I use two 1/4" brass bolts with nuts on the outside, to tighten the bolt down, and then a wing nut on the outside to hold down the wire.

 

[lombardo 10+ year member]

How important is it that you get a tight seal around the wires? Say there is like room around the wires from where you drilled. Is there a noticable effect?

 

[nosaj070 10+ year member]

How important is it that you get a tight seal around the wires? Say there is like room around the wires from where you drilled. Is there a noticable effect?

Yes, that would be an airleak, and depending on the size could affect performance drastically, it isn't too time consuming to hot glue it shut...

 

[EarDrummin. 10+ year member]

How important is it that you get a tight seal around the wires? Say there is like room around the wires from where you drilled. Is there a noticable effect?

You should know the answer to that..

 

[Afboy143 10+ year member]

i got these terminals

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=091-1247

http://www.partsexpress.com/images/091-1247m.jpg

 

[Afboy143 10+ year member]

yeah i am, I just wanted to stay away from big cut out terminals, like you said 1/4" plastic vs. 3/4 " mdf, plastic is weak spot

 

[BIG_SUPERMAN72 10+ year member]

Its cheaper just to get longer wires n less work to do it also.

 

[Afboy143 10+ year member]

it might b cheaper but i didnt want wires coming out of my port, looks sloppy //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Afboy143 10+ year member]

BTW how do you like that SX? I was going to get an sx but read better reviews about the magnum and decided to get that