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Where do I find those recessed plug outlets for the outside of my cab!
javeryh:
--- Quote from: bfauska on March 30, 2007, 12:00:02 pm ---Yep that's where it goes. Instead of cutting the end off the power strip and crimping to the tabs on this, I would consider leaving the powerstrip intact and adding either a cord with an female plug or an outlet in a box to the setup so that the powerstrip is reusable/replaceable.
Just buy a female plug and wire it to the back of the "power entry module" and then plug the smartstrip into that.
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Do they sell/make these things so you can just plug the SmartStrip in the back without any fancy wiring? It seems crazy that no one would have thought of this since there are so many different variations on those plugs from what I can tell. I am hesitant to wire anything that involves power/electricity as I do not know what I'm doing and no amount of "it's easy" or "you can do it" will make me think otherwise.
bfauska:
I don't know of any "they" that sell it already wired, but I'd do it for you if you ordered the parts shipped to me and then payed shipping to you. I don't even think it would be worth charging for my time. Shoot me a pm if your interested, although if I get too many, I may have to rethink the setup of the process. If there is much interest at all I could order the parts and ship them and essentially sell them, but I think this is a job most folks could do if they trust themselves.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: bfauska on March 30, 2007, 04:20:44 pm ---I don't know of any "they" that sell it already wired, but I'd do it for you if you ordered the parts shipped to me and then payed shipping to you. I don't even think it would be worth charging for my time. Shoot me a pm if your interested, although if I get too many, I may have to rethink the setup of the process. If there is much interest at all I could order the parts and ship them and essentially sell them, but I think this is a job most folks could do if they trust themselves.
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What would I have to send you? The part and my SmartStrip? I might take you up on that if I don't think I can do it myself... Thanks for the offer!
bfauska:
The way I was thinking of wouldn't require me to have the smartstrip. It would basically put an outlet inside the cabinet hooked up to the power input part. Then you could plug the smartstrip or anything else into the outlet, this way nothing has to get hacked up to use the power input.
I think I'd like to research it some more. I don't know what the smartstrip does and if you would want a switched power input or if the smartstrip handles the switching. I'm going to read the info about the smartstrip and then figure out the parts involved in making this thing work well. I think it's probably really really basic, but since I know NOTHING about the smartstip I want to look at it before I rec comend parts for this setup.
bfauska:
I gave up on finding a clean way to add an outlet, it would have been more work than it was worth. The easiest way to go from the power receptacle on the back of the cab to a smartstrip would be with This part (I realize it doesn't have a switch or fuse, but with the smartstrip those would be redundant.) and the same quick disconnect crimps that we all use with the cherry microswitches on our buttons (.187)
Cut the plug off of the smartstrip (it can be easily replaced with a new one from Home Depot if you ever want to revert it back) strip the wires, apply the crimp connectors, and slip them onto the back of the power receptacle. Looking at the back of the receptacle with the center pin higher than the two side pins the connections go from left to right: Black, Green, White. It's that easy. I would seriously do it for you, but the shipping would be ridiculous for such an easy task. If you didn't want to do it I am sure you could find somebody locally that would help you out, or you could pay to ship the smartstrip to me and back.
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