Vinnie Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 I've all ways disliked the mess of cables from lose multibox's on the ground under the cabinet. Thought I would share what I decided to build for the saltwater setup I'm doing. this is only a temp design untill I have the money to remake it better with a few nice little add on's The top row and the left 2 on the bottom are on one circuit, and the middle row and 2 on the right bottom on a second circuit. The wall outlets they plug into will be on different circuits soon, this is so if one circuit in the house goes, there will be at least one heater on the tank running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoFishing Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 Cool idea. How are you going to get the two wall outlets onto different circuits? Are you, or do you know a sparky? Looks good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted June 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 Cool idea. How are you going to get the two wall outlets onto different circuits? Are you, or do you know a sparky? Looks good though. I know a few sparkys, I can do the cabling myself, just not qualified to work on the mains board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 I know a few sparkys, I can do the cabling myself, just not qualified to work on the mains board and at least your insurance won't be void :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxxnz Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 Looking cool box man! For a $5 per double switch..u would spent over $50 already for that setup. Anyway 2x 4mm tps input would cover for all those switches.. I would imagine in salt water setup the main thing that would munch on power would be the chiller or heater? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted June 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 All the double outlets are second hand, all in good con and paid $5 for the lot. About $16 for the cable and leads. About $10 in the wood used. The 4 single outlets are the only thing I had to buy new at trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 If the problem is loose power strips laying on the ground, this looks like a lot more work than just putting in a couple screws and fastening the strips to the stand. All of mine are screwed to the stand, though bluetack sometimes works well too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted June 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 If the problem is loose power strips laying on the ground, this looks like a lot more work than just putting in a couple screws and fastening the strips to the stand. All of mine are screwed to the stand, though bluetack sometimes works well too. Half of this was for the fun of it. I've got a few things I want to try so this will help when I start building a few different controllers if I go with some ideas I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted June 7, 2013 Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 looks good, jut get the leads/bored tested and tagged for insurance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted June 7, 2013 Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 Looks good. My mission this weekend is to build a stand.cabinet to house my sump in the garage, you've given me a bit of motivation now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted June 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 An update, had my mate double check and cert the multibox. Made a few planned changes. Put the needed safety features on the box. And fitted. Tomorrows job is to make longer leads for the wave maker pumps... 2 on the far end don't quite reach the controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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