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lilshawn:
--- Quote from: Drnick on November 09, 2012, 04:41:40 pm ---Do you mean install this into the back of your Cabinet and then run a smart strip or similar from it. I take it that the Power supply in question is an old scrap unit and you are just cannibalising it for the IEC connection.
If so then yeah, lob all of that stuff off of it and solder your smartstrip/extension to it. Just make sure to get the cables all the right way round :)
I did something very similar but I just bought a fused IEC connector and then wired my extension lead to that.
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i really have to stop posting here when I have to go to the bathroom.
now that i've re-read it, yes, chop away. you don't need all the extras on there.
first time i read it, sounded li..... never mind.
note to self... go pee THEN reply to posts.
wcndave:
Sorry if it's ambiguous, dangers of using mobile to write posts, when you need to pee ;)
I simply wanted to cannabalise the plug part. I will cut it out, fix to back of cab, then attach power strip to it (i think the idea of attaching a plug to it (inside cab) is better, thanks), and will then have a cab i can plug/unplug at will rather than running a power cord through a hole in the back... I just wanted to check that electrically it was safe, given the part had all these wotnots on it. I know some electronics, but not a huge amount of electrics.
Thanks guys!
PL1:
As long as the insulation between the conductors isn't damaged during desoldering and cannibalization, you make good mechanical/electrical connections, and you use some heat shrink or electrical tape to avoid shorts, you should be fine.
Scott
lilshawn:
be sure to retain the hot/neutral configuration...mixing the wires can cause a potentially lethal situation should something go wrong.
hot=black
neutral=white
green=ground
always switch and fuse hot...not neutral.
sometimes cordsets come from china with "euro colors" in that case:
hot=brown
neutral=blue
ground=green/yellow
wcndave:
There won't be a switch or fuse on here, its a straight passthrough was my idea.
The lead that plugs into wall will be fused, and the power strip in the cab will be fused + all the plugs in the cab are fused....
I am using all UK electrics. Here in italy, plugs are not fused and neutral / live are interchangeable... so sticking with what i know (a bit better)
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