About five years ago this homemade boombox build around a simple car radio was

created

But over time the whole construction slowly fell apart and the big and heavy

12-volt 70 AMP battery lost quite a bit of its original capacity

So obviously it was time for an upgrade and in this video

I will show you how great this new lighter

Louder and overall easier to operate in box that can even be powered by the
integrated batteries or by mains voltage

Which simultaneously

Can charge the batteries

Let's get started

The heart of the new system is this pioneered eh X

6600 step car radio which will be powered by two 12-volt

7.2 amp our lead acid batteries and for the actual sound playback

I will be using those salvaged 17 centimeters 40 watt speakers. I

Connected one of them to pin B 3 and B 4 of the car radio clock

According to its standard I spin out for first test run

Then I hooked up the ground pin of the radio to the negative terminal of one
battery and got myself

To double pole double throw switches which are basically two switches in one
package

The first one received four wires which utilized the opposing of put terminals of
the switch pair

While the second one only got two wires soldered on one switch of the four wires

which pair is hooked up to pin a

7nf of the radio and is also connected in series to the two wire switch

Which acts as the main battery power switch by connecting the positive terminal of
the battery to the circuits?

After hooking up the overpriced digital radio antenna to the car radio and to the
12-volt power pin FIF

It was time for the first test which turned out to be successful and just in case
you're looking for cheap antenna to receive digital

Radio, why not use a short piece of plain old wire. The funny thing is it works
just as well
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Moving on to power the radio with mains voltage and shot the battery as well. I
used the 12 volt 30 amp power supply

I hooked up the live neutral and protective ground wire applied mains voltage and
set the output voltage to around

14.5 volts DC

This voltage is necessary to reach the charging voltage

Of fourteen point four volts of the batteries and does also work as a supply
voltage of the radio

Next I connected the output of the power supply

to the input of the charging controller and that outputs to the battery and if we
are thinking to herself why not just use

14.4 volt of the power supply to charge the batteries directly

Well, the charging current of a constant voltage source will most certainly exceed
the rated initial current of the batteries

Which could lead to serious damage?

The charging controller however can limit the currents and thus improve the
lifespan of the batteries

but nevertheless

let's finish this test circuits by connecting the remaining switch pair of the four
wire switch between the power supplies plus terminal and the

Pins a seven and a four of the radio this complicated four wire switch

Basically cuts off the battery voltage from the radio and replaces it with the
power supply voltage

this way the charging controller can charge the batteries without

interfering with the rest of the circuits while the radio keeps on playing its
music without any

Interruptions and so far this wiring seems to work pretty well

But later on I also added a voltmeter in combination with a switch in order to keep
track of the battery voltage

to prevent an over discharge

Since the radio works with voltages as low as 10 volts

But 11 volts should be the threshold value of over discharge

I also later edit

another switch in combination will be speaker terminal in order to hook up external

speakers as well a

Complete parts list with the wiring scheme and better pictures can be found as
always in the video description

the last missing part of my boombox was a wood chest to mount all the components
minus dimensions of

37.5 by twenty seven point eight by eighteen point three centimeters

would fakeness of around 1 centimeter

Firstly I applied a layer of protective oil on the outside and inside of the box

Installed the mounting process

By marking the location of the speakers on the left and right side of the chest and
used the jigsaw to create the circular cutouts

Next I determined the location for the Radio 2 centimeters underneath the upper
ledge

Marked the square and cut it out as well with a jigsaw

Then followed three of five millimeter holes at a level above the radio

for the battery would meet our ant mains operation switch and

Afterwards a smaller square underneath or for the voltmeter on the back side

I created square cut outs for the mains voltage sockets the speaker terminal and
one additional 5 millimeter hole for the

external internal speaker switch

The last major cutouts was a hole with a diameter of 2 centimeters in the front
left corner of the lid for the antenna

Which I mounted into place immediately

Then I got myself a 25 centimeter white sheets mark bending edges left and right
from the twenty seven point eight

Centimeters long main section cut off the excess sheets and finally created a u-
shape

After removing the protective film I pressed the customized sheets to the bottom of
the chest and were two or four millimeter holes

Through the front and back side of the box through the sheets, but before bolting
it to the box

I used another sheets to create two more u shapes that came out my batteries to the
side of the box as well

with the help of m4 nuts and bolts

I secured the sheets and batteries which will leads the thin bottom part of the box
from too much weight
But don't forget the protective conductor which later connects to the PE

terminal of the mains inputs because safety first

afterwards, I do all the necessary holes for the speakers and secured both of them
woof m4 bolts and nuts as well with the

Same tactic. I then mounted the speaker terminal the mains inputs and the handles
to the box for the power supply

I firstly created a template for the holes taped that to the bottom drilled the
holes and then secured it of em for bulbs

Next I press the voltmeter into place and hot glued all the switches to the
designated spots

The almost last step was the wiring which should be pretty self-explanatory

Years since I talked about the wiring scheme at the beginning of the video

only difference is that now I'm using proper Farrell's and baguette omelette blocks
to establish a good electrical connection as

Well as to car radio sockets in order to remove the radio at any time

Once the cable chaos was complete

I performed a successful final tests cleaned up the wiring with zip ties mount the
radio in its place

Added two pairs of magnets to keep the lids properly closed and the project was
finished

I'm really happy you were power turned out and with an average current draw of
roughly 1.6 m/s

I should be able to enjoy my music up to nine hours continuously, which is not bad

I hope you liked this project and maybe it inspires you to build something similar
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