Hi Guys,
A little while ago I fully disassembled my original V1.0 box to give it a refinish and respray to bring it up to V5.0 paint finish standard. I spent a full day sanding and repainting. I fired up the router to smooth up the corners of the end panels. The old Samsonite suitcase handle was also upgraded to the leather/ metal style handle used on my other boxes.
During the process, I updated the original 12V female cigarette charger method to the now standard 5mm female charging port that I used on my later projects.
Unfortunately, during the wiring and soldering process, I forgot to disconnect the battery. Yep, a loose wire caused a dead short that took out the battery and caused plenty of burnt wires and magic smoke!
Luckily, I disconnected the battery in time before the whole thing went up in flames. These SLA batteries sure have some energy reserves!
I finished up the wiring repairs and parked the box until today when I finally got around to fitting a new SLA battery.
The box has served in the past as my speaker test box. She’s currently running a set of Kenwood 6 ohm Hifi speakers. These puppies are very loosely suspended and produce some very nice bass.
She’s back in action now sounding very smooth and balanced! 
Big bro V1.0 hanging out with little bro V6.0:
A little while ago I fully disassembled my original V1.0 box to give it a refinish and respray to bring it up to V5.0 paint finish standard. I spent a full day sanding and repainting. I fired up the router to smooth up the corners of the end panels. The old Samsonite suitcase handle was also upgraded to the leather/ metal style handle used on my other boxes.
During the process, I updated the original 12V female cigarette charger method to the now standard 5mm female charging port that I used on my later projects.
Unfortunately, during the wiring and soldering process, I forgot to disconnect the battery. Yep, a loose wire caused a dead short that took out the battery and caused plenty of burnt wires and magic smoke!
Luckily, I disconnected the battery in time before the whole thing went up in flames. These SLA batteries sure have some energy reserves!
I finished up the wiring repairs and parked the box until today when I finally got around to fitting a new SLA battery.
The box has served in the past as my speaker test box. She’s currently running a set of Kenwood 6 ohm Hifi speakers. These puppies are very loosely suspended and produce some very nice bass.
She’s back in action now sounding very smooth and balanced!
Big bro V1.0 hanging out with little bro V6.0:
