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tman78:
Yeah, I thought about Dalgaard said, The only reason for the connectors was I was going for the most safety with little kids around.  But really well crimped and insulated would be safe as well.

I also think inside the cab I am going to do this, http://www.iwilltry.org/w/index.php?title=How_to_build_a_remote_power_switch_to_kill_phantom_loads, and plug in speakers, light, fan, monitor to the side that I can mount a switch on the cabinet and shut off, while leaving the computer plugged into the power strip half that is always receiving power.


If i also connect speakers to a POT and mount that, and maybe a momentary switch to the computer, then from outside of cabinet I can power up PC; power up lights, fans, monitor, speakers; and control speaker volume...

But since I know zippo about electronics, this will be slow-going for me...

Thanks for the feedback.
Dalgaard:

--- Quote from: tman78 on March 22, 2012, 12:00:36 pm ---I also think inside the cab I am going to do this, http://www.iwilltry.org/w/index.php?title=How_to_build_a_remote_power_switch_to_kill_phantom_loads, and plug in speakers, light, fan, monitor to the side that I can mount a switch on the cabinet and shut off, while leaving the computer plugged into the power strip half that is always receiving power.

--- End quote ---

Isn't that exactly what a smartstrip does? Im using a euro-version of the smartstrip and that cost me like 10 bucks...works perfectly.

tman78:
Close, from my understanding a smart strip shuts down peripherals when the computer is shut down.  But I may choose to keep the computer itself running, so its up on the network, but shut everything else down..
tman78:
FYI, Looks like you could "cheat" by just using this and mounting the fob to the underside or backside of the cabinet...

http://eskc.com/images/up/File/Electronics%20Supply%20/Home%20Page/Featured%20Products/TLP66RCG_spec.pdf
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