speakers that let water into RV wall

Don't let this happen...good find on a new fix...do it now!!

If someone isn't ready to tackle the project, I can be the guinea pig on it. My camper is inside in my shop, so leaving stuff dismantled is not a problem. I can remove the speakers, figure out the best depth and then order the parts.

Sounds like I need to consider this project for my AF this winter. My 811 is at the 6 year old mark now.

Scrolling down the page, I see there's various depths of those enclosures.

3oaks wrote:

You'd think RV manufacture would use a sealed plastic box to install speakers in, not relying on speakers.

Nah, that would be using common sense. :R

Besides taking away some of their income from repairs and/or new sales.

I looks like towpro found a good aftermarket solution, if the walls have enough depth for them to fit.

I used to use those years ago in the doors of my first truck with aftermarket speakers. They kept any rain and water off the speaker that might get in through the window channel.

I know there is very little room for the speaker in the camper wall, so my only concern would be if the added thickness would prevent you from mounting the speaker flush (you could use offset trim rings if you don't mind the speaker sticking out past the wall). I know if I ever get a speaker failure, I will replace mine with deeper marine speakers that will have better sound. The offset rings would allow a longer throw speaker in the shallow hole.

Has anyone just put epoxy over the grille? I don't use the speakers, just want to seal them up.

You'd think RV manufacture would use a sealed plastic box to install speakers in, not relying on speakers.

Nah, that would be using common sense. :R

Besides taking away some of their income from repairs and/or new sales.

I looks like towpro found a good aftermarket solution, if the walls have enough depth for them to fit.

Probably if perimeter could be sealed. Ive used these in our older CJ, has a sheet metal dash so speaker basically were in free space- did improve sound. Also protected speakers from water running behind dash.
Don't know how much room behind in wall, they are squash-able though...

Use to pick these up off the shelf radioshak stereo shops etc. For $7 shipping, amazon etc save alot. 'speaker foam baffle'

You'd think RV manufacture would use a sealed plastic box to install speakers in, not relying on speakers.

I don't want to just close them off as we do use them. I will leave them in, but I want a waterproof barrier for backup for when speaker cone fails.

Not worried about quality of sound because when we do run them they are on very low levels. one of the worse things about campground camping is being forced to listen to the neighbors favorite music.

My outside speaker cones are some kind of plastic - says for marine boat use...

I have recently converted to BLUE TOOTH Portable speakers (WALMART-AMAZON) that produce much better sounds and can be sit anywhere around my RV patio area... I can plug the transmitter module into any audio phono port jack. This works out great to monitor some of my Ham radio scanners from the patio mounted inside my camper...

Since this is working out good for me I am thinking of closing off my two outside speaker ports to prevent any possible damage from water getting into the trailer.


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I just removed the speakers and covered the hole with round marine deck access plates. Before installing the plates I polyurethaned the plywood behind the skin.