"Extras" needed to build a crossover

[Inu_Yasha]

It's been quite a while since I've last posted. I got my boxes ready for the Nat P's and I am ordering the last pieces of the crossover sometime this week. What other items besides the inductors, resistors, and caps would I need in order to put the crossover together? Often I see people using some sort of long clear thing like in this pic:

http://audioworx.virtualave.net/ModulaMTMXover011SS.jpg

What is that and where do i get some :P Is there anything else I'm missing? Also, on a side note, what type of binding posts do you guys use?

[Kal Rubinson]

It's been quite a while since I've last posted. I got my boxes ready for the Nat P's and I am ordering the last pieces of the crossover sometime this week. What other items besides the inductors, resistors, and caps would I need in order to put the crossover together? Often I see people using some sort of long clear thing like in this pic:

http://audioworx.virtualave.net/ModulaMTMXover011SS.jpg

What is that and where do i get some :P Is there anything else I'm missing? Also, on a side note, what type of binding posts do you guys use?

What long clear thing? I see a coil, a cap, some wires and a terminal strip. Also, something that looks like a flared port.

Kal

[Hdale85]

I think he's talking about the terminal strips.

[ThomasW]

http://www.apexjr.com/images/EUROTERMINALBLOCK1.jpg

http://www.apexjr.com/new.htm

[joecarrow]

Overlooked or handy items for building crossovers, in my experience-

-Zip ties, good for attaching things to each other, and they don't shake loose.
-Hot glue or caulk, not for structural use so much as to ensure that things don't rattle when they're held together with zip ties
-Fine sand paper, it's good for clearing the ends of inductors if the enamel insulation goes too far and they aren't already nicely tinned.
-A variable power soldering iron, even better is temperature control with decent power
-Liquid flux, it really helps the solder flow and wet things

I used the gold plated binding posts from Parts Express:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=091-1245

They're probably overkill, but at least I don't stay up at night worrying that my sound is getting corroded

You could go with just about any binding posts and do quite well- I've seriously left wires hanging out before and just twisted the bare wires together for a connection, and it worked. Spring terminals annoy me, though, as well as the screw-downs where there's not a good positive place to stick the wire through.

[Inu_Yasha]

http://www.apexjr.com/images/EUROTERMINALBLOCK1.jpg

http://www.apexjr.com/new.htm

Bingo, those are them. I didn't see any at madisound though (which is where I'm going to place my order). Are they available anywhere else? Also... what are they used for?

[Hdale85]

Just to keep things tidy. You don't really NEED them.

[ThomasW]

Madisound doesn't sell them which is why I posted the link.

If you google 'Euro style terminal strips' you'll find more places that sell them.

I wouldn't build a crossover without them...

[Dean100]

You can also get terminal strips at Radio Shack.

[evan]

Are you guys using terminal strips instead of soldering, or in addition to it?

[---k---]

in addition.

Typically just for the input and woofer output.

[Troy R]

I found the terminal strips at Lowes in strips of 12 for around $3-$4

[IllNastyImpreza]

I found the terminal strips at Lowes in strips of 12 for around $3-$4

I wonder... can you cut them?

like if you only need 6 connections on each side?

[Brian Bunge]

I wonder... can you cut them?

like if you only need 6 connections on each side?

Yes, a nice pair of wire cutting pliers, aka dykes, does the job very easily.

[IllNastyImpreza]

Yes, a nice pair of wire cutting pliers, aka dykes, does the job very easily.

awesome... I'll definatly have to pick some of those up when I build my Modulas ...