Power Management
So here is the build process for my power management.
What you see here is the start, it is a six point power board that has had the back removed getting ready to be modified to insert switches.
Here is the picture showing a close up of how the switches will be wired, the active bar (brown) was cut into 6 pieces and had wires soldered on. The active wire from the power cord was extended.
Just a view of how the wires are soldered on then cut into 6 pieces to be inserted back into the power board ready for a switch to be added.
At this point I started to build the actual draw which everything will fit into. As you can see I cut the sides, front and back then slotted them with the tablesaw for the bottom of the draw to fit into.
The draw put together and now putting on edge banding to help make it all look pretty!
A look at the finished product, as you can see the powerboards are glued into a piece of acrylic which is mounted into the draw, the wires then run out of the power boards into the switches which are mounted into the draw front in a second sheet of acrylic.
Of course just not to zap myself (all wires are double insulated with heat shrink) I have placed a cover over the top.
Nice and neat and tidy now!!! Much better!!
What you see here is the start, it is a six point power board that has had the back removed getting ready to be modified to insert switches.
Here is the picture showing a close up of how the switches will be wired, the active bar (brown) was cut into 6 pieces and had wires soldered on. The active wire from the power cord was extended.
Just a view of how the wires are soldered on then cut into 6 pieces to be inserted back into the power board ready for a switch to be added.
At this point I started to build the actual draw which everything will fit into. As you can see I cut the sides, front and back then slotted them with the tablesaw for the bottom of the draw to fit into.
The draw put together and now putting on edge banding to help make it all look pretty!
A look at the finished product, as you can see the powerboards are glued into a piece of acrylic which is mounted into the draw, the wires then run out of the power boards into the switches which are mounted into the draw front in a second sheet of acrylic.
Of course just not to zap myself (all wires are double insulated with heat shrink) I have placed a cover over the top.
Nice and neat and tidy now!!! Much better!!
