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Title: Couple of questions
Post by: GregD on January 10, 2012, 11:53:42 am

Hey.  I am looking to add a small panel with a couple of USB ports and maybe a headphone jack to the front of my cabinet.  I have seen these on many of your builds.  Any idea where I can get something like this?  I know many of them are fabricated but there must at least be some sort of USB pass through panel available out on the interwebs.  Also, I see that many of you have a little socket ont he back of your machines for the power cord rather than just the power strip cable hanging out the back.  What is this called and where can I get one?  Thanks in advance for the help!

Title: Re: Couple of questions
Post by: Green Giant on January 10, 2012, 12:28:14 pm

Check out monoprice.com  When it comes to cables they are the best.

Title: Re: Couple of questions
Post by: mgb on January 10, 2012, 12:32:42 pm

I have seen some people use thesehttp://www.frontx.com/ (http://www.frontx.com/)

For the power cord there's an iec socket
http://www.futurlec.com/Plugs-IEC.shtml (http://www.futurlec.com/Plugs-IEC.shtml)

Title: Re: Couple of questions
Post by: GregD on January 10, 2012, 07:13:30 pm

Thanks.   Anybody know where I can get the power receptacle thingy for the back of the cabinet?

Title: Re: Couple of questions
Post by: Well Fed Games on January 10, 2012, 10:57:50 pm

Quote from: GregD on January 10, 2012, 07:13:30 pm

Thanks.   Anybody know where I can get the power receptacle thingy for the back of the cabinet?

From when I asked the same question on a recent project:

Quote from: Unstupid on October 15, 2011, 04:31:06 pm

Cheaper here: http://www.amazon.com/IEC320-Inlet-Module-Switch-Socket/dp/B0050HH70E (http://www.amazon.com/IEC320-Inlet-Module-Switch-Socket/dp/B0050HH70E)

It is also fuse protected, buy you will have to supply your own which you can pick up for $.99

I got that one and it worked great!