Oh how I love thee.....

God, that sucks!

What brand is that? Did heat from the sun cause this?

I peeled off some Fatmat brand. Who knows what all was up there. Most of the foil backing was already removed. What you see is the way I found it.

Cant wait to see your results and thoughts on this new venture. Good luck hitting your goals man! These small cab trucks are the way to go when getting loud. 

Thanks. I have high hopes, but we all know how that goes.

Better hit high 59s though.

Well it's looking like the new amps will be optimal at 15.5v, not 18v like originally projected. Now I'll have to rebuild my cap bank to maximize capacitance.

Ooh fun.

Actually works out greatly in my favor.

so you'll be removing 1 cap off each bank?

Looks like fun!

so you'll be removing 1 cap off each bank?

yes and in turn I can make 3 more banks of 15v.

The good thing here is that every cap you add in series divides your capacitance. So by dropping 1 cap of of each bank will increase the capacitance of each individual bank. Thid will also give me 15 more caps to make more banks with. I have a few spares to make up the difference as well.

I thought you were running 16+V?

See last post. Amp different than originally expected.

Got it, missed that...  More capacity now!

Got it, missed that...  More capacity now!

precisely

Well that looks like a better surface to work with.

Oh you have stout deadener?

Just over 1/8" thick.

once heated with a heat gun, it turns hard as concrete.

Oh and I have these for the more contoured areas.

awesome

Oh you have stout deadener?

Just over 1/8" thick.

once heated with a heat gun, it turns hard as concrete.

Oh and I have these for the more contoured areas.

is that the tantric stuff?

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It's stuff from overseas. Very heavy and very expensive. I do believe Murphy at tantric had some fir sale. Not sure that he's calling it his own though. Although I don't follow his products much, except what I see on Facebook.

First layer done. What a PITA. This stuff if definitely hard to deal with. Solid as a rock though.

yes that is the vibraflex from overseas and yes we sell it

yes that is the vibraflex from overseas and yes we sell it

I emailed Alan tonight to see about getting some from you.

Well it's looking like the new amps will be optimal at 15.5v, not 18v like originally projected. Now I'll have to rebuild my cap bank to maximize capacitance.

Ooh fun.

Actually works out greatly in my favor.

 

Now you can have both buss bars up top. It should be easier to work with. So how many banks does it total out to now?

Well it's looking like the new amps will be optimal at 15.5v, not 18v like originally projected. Now I'll have to rebuild my cap bank to maximize capacitance.

Ooh fun.

Actually works out greatly in my favor.

 

Now you can have both buss bars up top. It should be easier to work with. So how many banks does it total out to now?

indeed. So much easier. 18 banks total. I have room for 20 but I just gained a huge amount of reserve so I think I'll just leave it for now. Going to try to do the reconfiguration this weekend.