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Posted: April 14 2005 at 10:26am |
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 10:31am |
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That thing is sweet. I could use a smaller version. What is the outside material, looks like black acrylic.
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 10:33am |
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Yep your right.
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 10:41am |
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How did you cut the faceplate? I could easily build the rest, but
cutting those holes would be difficult. How much were the timers?
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 10:57am |
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CNC mill. Timers are about $30 ea.
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Posted: April 15 2005 at 3:56pm |
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That does look sweet. But you have the potential of seriously overloading your circuit. I'd suggest you calculate the TOTAL current you expect to run, and keep it below you breaker limit
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Posted: April 15 2005 at 7:59pm |
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Looks lots better than when I first saw it. Have you actually installed it? If so how is it working for you?
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Posted: April 15 2005 at 9:00pm |
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Looks sweet, do check you're breaker though. And I'd replace the first outlet in each series with a GFCI receptacle, they cost a few bucks more but provide extra security, and then if one device faults it will only take out the outlets on the series with it. Just be sure to keep the GFCI's below the amperage of the cicuit they're on. Makes it easier to track what went out as well.
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Posted: April 16 2005 at 8:56am |
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I've put a multimeter on the breaker with everything on and was only pulling 5.5 amps. They are all plugging into a GFI.
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Posted: April 16 2005 at 9:05am |
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Very nice setup, How much do you think total cost is? Time & materials. You should produce them and put them on Ebay.
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Posted: April 16 2005 at 12:38pm |
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Cash $130. Time 2 Hrs. I think they are too much money to make worth my time.Who would pay $200 for one of these?
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Posted: April 16 2005 at 1:06pm |
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How much would you charge for 1 with 10 outlets? Just the acrylic
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