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I know somebody out there either has built one or knows someone who has. I'm talkin about an ice chest with speakers and usually a car stereo head unit and a big battery in it. Most of the time you see em while floatin the river. Makin one myself and tryin some different stuff out and would like a little input from anybody who's got one. Mainly I want to know what kind of battery your using. Holler back if ya know anything.
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ironmanstan · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 12:53 pm Post subject:

he has to be using a 12volt, especially if its an auto radio. if he is using a 110 volt radio...then he has a power inverter inline.
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JTwantsaRED · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 1:05 pm Post subject:

12 volt is definitely the way to go. I'm tryin to get away from using something huge like the blue top Optimas I've seen people use. Tryin to keep weight down as much as I can.
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Blast-n-Cast · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1142

We made one a couple years ago using a battery from a riding lawn mower. Its smaller and weighs less.

robul · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 2677

lawn mower battery would work for sure. just get one thats a gel cell you dont want battery acid leaking inside of the cooler or into the water.

Drake · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 1:54 pm Post subject: Battery

Any 12 volt battery will power it up and run it for a while. Get as high amp hours as you can find something like 17 ~ 20 amp hours.

landlocked beachbum · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 2:14 pm Post subject:

What's your final goal with all this Question

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JTwantsaRED · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 2:24 pm Post subject:

Final goal? To have a really expensive cooler! It's for floatin the Frio mainly. All the ones I've seen so far aren't made to still function as a cooler. My goal is to build one that you can still put ice and drinks,etc. in. I'm puttin four 6 1/2" speakers and a little amp(all marine grade) in it and hooking an ipod straight into the amp. And I'm tryin to put as small a battery as I can get away with in it to save weight. I'm also puttin a solar panel on it to keep the battery charged.
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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

This has the Bluff written all over it! and I mean that in a good way Very Happy

JTwantsaRED · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 2:32 pm Post subject:

Well I was a Bluffian for a time. Glenn Oak townhouses was my haunt for a couple years. It's got redneck hall of fame written all over it if it turns out the way I'm thinking it will.

P.S. I miss my 2 a.m. trips to HEB in the Bluff, you never know who/what you'll see.
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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 2:33 pm Post subject:

I was only asking because if you just want great sounding tunes for YOU, the Ipod and headset sure is easy. Now if you want everyone else on the river to have to listen to your selections [ Embarassed

] I guess you are on the right track!

Any decent amp will drain a small 12 volt battery fairly quickly. There's no free lunch: If you want long juice from moderate/high draw loads you need a deep cycle battery.
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robul · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 2677

dont waste your time with an amp. A decent radio will have enouph power to make a pair of 6x9s plenty loud enouph to get you a nice $$ citation.. Dont ask me how I know..

kweber · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 2:44 pm Post subject:

probally be way easier to just make the sound system separate in a smaller ice chest and small tube. how do you plan to keep the liquid away from the electronics in an all-in-one cooler/sound system. and what about the rapids? saying that, I doubt the Frio has much in the way of any fast water this year. in fact, yall'll prolly do as much walkin'/dragin' as floatin'.
maybe a smaller cooler with bevs inside of a bigger one with the tunes.
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txluke · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 2:44 pm Post subject:

http://radioraft.com/ice_chest.html Check out these guys you can get all your stuff here.
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JTwantsaRED · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 3:19 pm Post subject:

Haven't worked out all the details but my goal is to make everything waterproof in the inside cuz an ice chest that can't hold beer...well we just can't have that now can we. And yeah I've seen that radio raft thing, that's alot more than I wanna spend.
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