Drill a hole for stereo speaker or not?

This is what my two outdoor speakers looks like with their drilled-in hole mounts. This will penetrate both inside and outside of the thin trailer walls unless you drill thru the storage door only.


Altho the speakers come with a pretty heavy duty and weatherproof cone this will give a possible hole thru the trailer wall that may result in a temperature change thing. My two stereo speaker can be seen inside one of my cabinet doors.

I really like the idea of having a OUTDOOR SPEAKER PANEL and plug in your separate stereo speakers or go with wireless stereo speakers that you can find at WALMART or order from AMAZION.

If I installed an outside stereo speaker setup I would most likely do this inside the storage room area and run the speaker cables from that area to hook up to outside stereo speakers. You could also just mount the stereo speakers in the storage bay area and just raise the storage door when you wanted to listen to outside speakers.

A weatherproof outside DUAL RCA PHONO Connector might look something like this which shows using standard RG F-TYPE TV connections but you can also get RCA phono connections to use here as well. Installing this outside box only requires two small holes to penetrate the thin trailer wall and three small self tapping screws.


We also like NOT to have things sitting outside that might grow feet and wander off when we leave the area for a short time...

Just food for thought
Roy Ken

westend wrote:
Use boxed speakers and terminal plates: Terminal plates

X2!

I am not a fan of adding extra places for leaks so adding speaker jacks and using an extra pair of speakers is a great alternative. Besides, most "marine" type speakers simply do not sound all that great (no proper speaker "box" or baffle behind them) and the weather will beat them up in a few years.

You can buy really decent indoor/outdoor speakers which will knock you socks off for sound quality (you won't get this with speakers you put in the side of your trailer nor with "wireless" speakers.

Just one example HERE at a resonable price.

Granted most indoor/outdoor speakers like the one I linked above are 8 Ohm, this WILL NOT HURT, DAMAGE NOR HARM your stereo in any way shape or form. What you might notice however if your other speakers inside are 4 Ohm that these will not be as "loud" (you might have to crank up the volume a bit if you keep internal speakers on).

To fix the volume difference you can switch the internal ones off (if equipped with a switch) or change the balance level (if equipped with 4way front to back balance) to favor the outdoor.

No switch or balance? No problem, add a speaker switch to select between indoor and outdoor (you might want that any way so you can turn off the external speakers). You will need a switch which has 4 poles and is double throw (AKA 4PDT), should be able to find one at a car stereo shop.

I use a wireless setup off the satelite radio, Keeps the noise level to a minimum.My main goal is not to anger another camper if by chance there happens to be one nearby.

Use boxed speakers and terminal plates: Terminal plates