James Shelby Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I wish I had some more room at the bottom but I used old copier parts, a box I found stuck back in the back covered in dust and the power cords I found on the web. It's 30 amps per side, 96 channels with a total connected LED load of only 19.2 amps. Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 James,That looks great, nice and tidy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Ouellet Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Very nice, you must build panels for a living. If not you could make a living doing it.Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Shelby Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 I built my first panel at the age of ten for my 4-H class project out of old pin ball machine parts and the rest is history. Thanks for all the kind words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawyer1206 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I did the same thing last year, it is nice to have all the boards in one place but it adds alot to your extension cord footage. Great Job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightEnthusiast Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Wow :shock:That looks GREAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 yes very well done James. Great look box.Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffl Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Nice and clean. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Weiland Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Sweet!!! & Congrats to a job well done!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackchecker Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 sawyer1206 wrote: but it adds alot to your extension cord footageThat would be my biggest concern too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan.a Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 someone always ruins it.James nice box... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Shelby Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 crackchecker wrote: sawyer1206 wrote: but it adds alot to your extension cord footageThat would be my biggest concern too!There will be two wiring harnesses 45 feet long, one to the left and one to right, 90 feet total length. The box will be mounted to my bridge side rail "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq3Un2AHWQE" almost in the middle on the left side. So the box will cut down on excess cord length by a lot, with this setup the length will be now 2100 feet of SPT2. The 90 foot length has 288 bands of C6 LED's with 5 50 count strands in each band. Excess cords has always been a problem to hide, keep tied up and tidy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad02 Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Very nice work and your display looks incredible. One of the best LED displays I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawyer1206 Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 evana wrote: someone always ruins it.James nice box...I don't think that your statement was correct, we were not ruining anything. One of the great thinks about this forum is how we learn from each other. If you reread my orginal post you will find I was only pointing out what I learned from building a simular enclosure last year. I've learned alot from other members here and I hope others will learn from my expericences. a link to the enclosure I built last year:http://forums.planetchristmas.com/showthread.php?t=20818&highlight=channel+enclosure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Shelby Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 I really like your controller, too. I also have a box like yours custom made for $5K years ago and when it filled with water and melted, I found LOR and went with the single card controllers, it was so much cheaper . If this box works as well as I think it will I'm going to change the cords out to six 37 pin AMP connectors for the two 45 foot wiring harnesses. Then for the 2010 season I can setup one controller and roll out the two harnesses and I'm done, time savings should be out of this world. Please keep to photos coming it gives all of us new ideas for our own projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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