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| Yenome:
metal strap does seem to be a lot easier to use. tho I don't see it holding it more securely then l brackets. personally now that I thought of it ill probably just open the PSU up run 4 screws through the top to the wood then reassemble the PSU. that's if I need it to stay upside down. if it is laying normal my PSU happens to have a lil bracket I can use. |
| dubstylee:
Ah, thanks for the info guys. I think I will go with the plumber's strapping first and see if that does the trick, that way I'm not messing around screwing anything into the power supply. Just took a little looking around to figure out what exactly it was that I was looking for! |
| michelevit:
A nice bead of hot glue around the base works great. If you ever need to remove it, you can cut it easily with a box knife. This is how I mount all my board mount power supplies. |
| SavannahLion:
Just a note about the strap... A lot of people install it wrong in this context. Those All-Rounds can be used in all sorts of ways but in this context, people will make the mistake and use just two screws and drive the screws in. This is hit and miss because you need to have proper tension on the strap for it work right. If your strap is loose, whatever you're holding down is going to wiggle around. And once you drive that screw in, it's hard to move the screw enough to increase the tension. Not what you want. At a bare minimum, you need three screws, though sometimes I do use four. An "anchor" screw (or two) on one side. Set your item under the strap and lay out enough strap that you can have at least two holes for two screws. Drive your third screw in the farthest hole from the item on the opposite side from the first two screws. The strap should have enough tension that the holes between it and the item can't quite sit flush on the wood but not so much that you can't hope to drive a screw through it without tear out. Then drive your fourth screw through the hole between item and third screw. This is the screw that controls the tension on the item. The further you drive this screw in, the more tension (pressure) you place on the power supply. If the description sucks, I can draw up a simple diagram. |
| dubstylee:
--- Quote from: michelevit on September 12, 2014, 02:15:28 am ---A nice bead of hot glue around the base works great. If you ever need to remove it, you can cut it easily with a box knife. This is how I mount all my board mount pcs. --- End quote --- I hadn't even considered this. Hot glue would probably be the easiest way to go, and like you said, easily removable if needed. Thanks for the tip! |
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