rooftop Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Just pondering the best way to rack mount a set of amps in a permanent install... About 14U tall, but the problem is the amps are 520mm deep, plus extra space required for speakon cables at rear. Ideally, it would be wall mounted, but I haven't come across a wall mount rack with enough depth which also hinges open to allow access to the rear of the amps. Any bright ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trunker Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Sorry, but why wall mounted? 14U of amplifiers may be heavy enough to pull the wall down!! You may also get problems of over-heating, unless I have missed something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJones Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Rather than looking for normal racks for our industry, have you tried looking for server racks? same width but thicker? HTH Andy Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooftop Posted April 20, 2010 Author Share Posted April 20, 2010 Sorry, but why wall mounted? 14U of amplifiers may be heavy enough to pull the wall down!! You may also get problems of over-heating, unless I have missed something. I'm trying to find the neatest way of permanently installing, hence wall mount where all the cabling can be run in neatly. But I'm not hell bent on wall mount if there's a better alternative. The weight will be about 60kg Overheating -possibly, but the amps have air flow inlet on back to exhaust on front, so therefore the only concern is allowing adequate fresh air into the back of the rack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I'd be pretty worried about trying to hinge 60+ kilograms off a wall. If it was me, I'd put large, heavy duty castors on the base of a suitable rack and just loom up the cables nice and neatly so the rack could go flush to the wall normally but be pulled out as required. BRYANT do castor kits for their flat pack series of racks. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I wouldnt fancy wall mounting them either but a server style solution seems like it could work and you could get some extra kit in depending on where it will be located perhaps http://www.allchurchsound.com/projects/WA552/WA552-12.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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