The first thing: I wanted to create a company that I could base a lot of my projects out of, so... I think I finally narrowed down EON Industries (c). I'll just split different divisions as I go. This first project I was asked to complete for a local haunt for Halloween and is part of my Tech Div. I was brought in to assist mostly with construction and electrical work plus lighting and effects advisory.
The project was to design and build a control box that would house all the switches and dials and do-dads to control effects and lights. So...I present to you my project titled "Switch-IE".
I know...awesome comforter :P
So this first picture if just of the basic frame for the top panel which I had already constructed. This one was a huge pain because the gang boxes were so close to each other which made the center brace difficult to place...
The one to the right is the front panel attached and the back one up in the background. As is visible, I did wire one switch up to 1st switch gang and used 12ga....turns out it's incredibly difficult to mold to where you want it.
This one...yeah it's coming together. Got the back panel attached, guess what's next?!
I chose to go with 14ga because it's still to code and will also bend and mold to where I want it to go. Putting all the switches in was a breeze.
Here's all the outlet gangs wired up. Each, aside from power in (at far left), are separate and are controlled by a single switch on front panel
Here's the inner guts of the project as it looks now. I should have the dimmer switches tonight so I can wire those guys up. Also, I need two more terminal blocks for common and possibly another for "hot." The current block may be a little overloaded.
If all goes well, I should be able to test it come Thursday this week. If things test well, then comes the awesome paint job I've envisioned. I'll throw some more info up this weekend. Ja ne!
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