Sweet Powerpoint Set-Ups

[_K_E_P_]

Hey guys
I'm sick of my ugly power boards with leads running everywhere.

I know there are some ingenious solutions to this problem out there. Here is the place to show them off!

Remotely mounted switches, builtin GFI's, Indicator lights ect

 

[_K_E_P_]

I'll start it off...

Duke's setup

 

[_K_E_P_]

Here is another one I found. Sorry don't know whos it is.

 

[_K_E_P_]

Come on guys show us your sparky work!

 

[travisurfer]

i have 8 or so cords tangled together.

 

[crumbletop]

fmellish has a sweet setup. I haven't noticed him on the boards lately but I think he has his stuff up on a blog somewhere.

Nothing fancy, but I built a small wooden stand to which I mounted my AquaController Jr and my ballasts, etc. It hides the clutter very well. Much to the joy of my wife, I have also managed to hide all of my cleaning/test kits/tank stuff from view in a closet that is through the wall behind the tank

Cable Clutter:
<img src="http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/303/303448/folders/232751/1909378DSCN2448.jpg">

Cables hidden
<img src="http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/303/303448/folders/232751/1909379DSCN2449.jpg">

Reef parafinalia:
<img src="http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/303/303448/folders/232751/1909381DSCN2450.jpg">


Jack

 

[crumbletop]

Fmellish's stuff is on his blog here:

http://fmellish.shackspace.com/aquarium/index.html

Change the drop down to December 2005, and you can see his wiring setup. He has many pics of what he did along with text. I hope he doesn't mind me posting a couple here...

<img src="http://fmellish.shackspace.com/aquarium/images/12242005_005.jpg">

<img src="http://fmellish.shackspace.com/aquarium/images/12262005_016.jpg">


Jack

 

[BeanAnimal]

beananimal

beananimal

Heres mine

 

[_K_E_P_]

Thanks crumbletop, those look pretty tidy

 

[cateyes]

BeanAnimal, i think i see something unplugged in there...

 

[BeanAnimal]

It amazes me how many panels like that I see... To be honest that one is not all that bad compared to a few I have had the pleasure of working in.

 

[jpfelix]

where's the link to melev's power center?

 

[_K_E_P_]

Here is Melev's power center

http://www.melevsreef.com/power_panel.html

 

[_K_E_P_]

No-one else got any good set-ups?

 

[dkh0331]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7465055#post7465055 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by _K_E_P_
No-one else got any good set-ups?

Simple - A couple of DJ power strips and timers attached via velcro -

David

 

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Bemmer's Setup

This pic includes the sub-panel circuit breaker box, 8 circuit outlets, three DJ switch boxes, three DC-8's for the Aquacontroller, one of the WavySea controllers and the Aquacontroller

This is a close up of the sub-panel circuit breaker box and the eight circuit outlets. The 15 AMP breaker box shows five circuits. THe other three circuits are wired to the main electrical breaker box in the utility room. Each of the DJ switch boxes and the DC-8 boxes plugs into one of the circuit outlets. If you look close enough you can see the label for the corresponding box and circuit outlet.

This is a close up of the three DC-8 boxes that I have daisy chained together and connected to the Aquacontroller II. They are each labeled with their corresponding address code for the ACII.

Each circuit outlet goes into a 15 AMP dedicated circuit breaker therefore, we opted not to use GFCI on each outlet because we thought it would be redundant.