I am looking for ideas for something other than the typical power strip for powering my pumps, heaters, power heads, and skimmer pumps. I was considering building an electrical control panel with some switch/plug combos that would allow me to turn on and off these things without having to pull the plugs each time. If I could build something attractive, I could even mount it onto the exterior side of the stand and paint it to match the stand. Just looking for some pics to get some ideas. I have even considered running the light timers in there too if I could make it all look nice and be safe.
show me your control panels
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mbierzyc
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This is the cheapest price I have found on the American DJ Power Center. It's a strip of 8 switches that you can use to control all of your gear. A lot of users here have this, I think I'll order one today ...
http://www.beachaudio.com/product_i...=97259&utm_content=AD_ID&utm_campaign=froogle
http://www.beachaudio.com/product_i...=97259&utm_content=AD_ID&utm_campaign=froogle
daytonreefRob
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Thanks for the link, that is a smokin' deal!
ordy1
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Check out this thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=765280&highlight=power+center
I took a page out of Melev's book and built one almost exactly like his. I'm running two seperate 15 amp lines from my breaker box. One line runs directly to a GFCI where I've plugged a American DJ PC-100 to. All the outlets that are plugged into the American DJ PC-100 are then protected by the GFCI outlet. The other 15 amp circuit is connected to a normal 15 amp outlet that the second American Dj PC-100 is connected to. These are not GFCI and will allow me to connect eight seperate outlets to such things like my pumps that I don't want on my GFCI. Hope this made sense. In all I have 18 available outlets for all my gear. Most of them are utilized by one device plugged into an X-10 controller.
Ordy
I took a page out of Melev's book and built one almost exactly like his. I'm running two seperate 15 amp lines from my breaker box. One line runs directly to a GFCI where I've plugged a American DJ PC-100 to. All the outlets that are plugged into the American DJ PC-100 are then protected by the GFCI outlet. The other 15 amp circuit is connected to a normal 15 amp outlet that the second American Dj PC-100 is connected to. These are not GFCI and will allow me to connect eight seperate outlets to such things like my pumps that I don't want on my GFCI. Hope this made sense. In all I have 18 available outlets for all my gear. Most of them are utilized by one device plugged into an X-10 controller.
Ordy
