scubado Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 I plan to mount my cards in between the floor joists in the basement and boxing them in for protection. My question is this: is it ok to mount the cards (AC and DC) on the wood with spacers or line the enclosure with metal first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cenote Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 as speaking as a hobbiest....you can mount them directly to wood with no issues. I have many wooden boxes made for outside that I use. And I know of many other on here that do the same, but may not speak... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Each to there own. But if I am going to give advice then I have to say this. If I had my cards mounted to a wooden box outside and something happened to cause that wooden box to catch on fire, then more than likely I will go outside and roast some marshmallows and cry over a lost controller. If a card mounted to my floor joist was to cause the wood to catch on fire. Then I would go outside and roast marshmallows and cry about a lost house and all that is inside.For a few bucks more. I would be mounting my cards inside a metal box first then to the floor joist. That's what I would be doing in my house. You do what you want to do. I just hope that you wont be roasting any marshmallows from your front yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubado Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 I haven't boxed in the cards yet, setting up the DC card first. But I did install Aluminum sheet metal first and the card spaced a 1/2" out to prevent any Arky-Sparky situations to start a marshmallow roast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubado Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 I haven't boxed in the cards yet, setting up the DC card first. But I did install Aluminum sheet metal first and the card spaced a 1/2" out to prevent any Arky-Sparky situations to start a marshmallow roast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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