I am on my second pair of crossovers for my Polk SR6500 car audio speaker set (a 6.5" mid driver and 7/8" ring radiator type tweeter per channel).
The first set was stolen along with other gear, a high speed chase occurred (ie lots of police), the criminal rolled the also stolen vehicle (but it wasn't mine thankfully), and my xovers were tossed about.
I did get them back. They functioned OK for about three months and then one started cutting out the tweeter intermittently and then the other one did too. This was likely a circuit board trace crack issue but that is not my concern at the moment as I do not intend to allow a theft to happen again.
I thought the true story would be interesting and fun to visualize as the convict did some barrel rolls, is in prison, and will be there for quite a while.
Anyway, I want to correct a problem with the crossover design and it is that the air core copper inductors will release from the circuit board (ie the bonding agent, whatever it is, fails after time).
So, as a frequent DIY home auto mechanic also, I was wondering if applying a bead of clear RTV where the copper inductor meets the circuit board would be OK? Most certainly, the RTV can handle the temperatures, heh (-75F to 400F). And, it will bond securely (I use the stuff for tons of difficult to "stick together" substances).
Lookup Permatex product #80050. The link is: Sealants : Permatex® Clear RTV Silicone Adhesive Sealant.
Let me know what you experts think. I attached a photo of what the xover looks like. Each xover has two air core inductors that I would like to fully lock down.
Thanks!
The first set was stolen along with other gear, a high speed chase occurred (ie lots of police), the criminal rolled the also stolen vehicle (but it wasn't mine thankfully), and my xovers were tossed about.
I did get them back. They functioned OK for about three months and then one started cutting out the tweeter intermittently and then the other one did too. This was likely a circuit board trace crack issue but that is not my concern at the moment as I do not intend to allow a theft to happen again.
I thought the true story would be interesting and fun to visualize as the convict did some barrel rolls, is in prison, and will be there for quite a while.
Anyway, I want to correct a problem with the crossover design and it is that the air core copper inductors will release from the circuit board (ie the bonding agent, whatever it is, fails after time).
So, as a frequent DIY home auto mechanic also, I was wondering if applying a bead of clear RTV where the copper inductor meets the circuit board would be OK? Most certainly, the RTV can handle the temperatures, heh (-75F to 400F). And, it will bond securely (I use the stuff for tons of difficult to "stick together" substances).
Lookup Permatex product #80050. The link is: Sealants : Permatex® Clear RTV Silicone Adhesive Sealant.
Let me know what you experts think. I attached a photo of what the xover looks like. Each xover has two air core inductors that I would like to fully lock down.
Thanks!