UPDATE: Sleeving, Mounting Rads, Cable Routing, Hammond Boxes
This will be a big update, for me at least. I’ve been doing a lot of planning lately, and I’ve come to like the Hammond Box idea for hiding cables and connections. Here you can see my idea and diagrams:




But to be able to use the boxes for cable routing, I needed to come up with an idea for letting cables go through the boxes, and I figured the thin piece would be mounted to the case with the box part of the Hammond Boxes used as a cap. I taped the boxes with blue painters tape, marked off where holes would go and used grooves for allowing the cables to go through. In retrospect this wasn’t the best idea but the boxes are cheap so I’ll test out the idea of using the box part mounted to the case, with the thin piece as a cover tomorrow. Here’s an example of what I had in mind. The terminal block will be mounted to the case, but the cover cannot have cables going through it, because I’ll need to have access to the blocks.




I also mounted the radiator and fans to the case, and attached a rocker switch for the CCFLs. I also have an idea to hide the CCFLS so that only ambient light can be seen. Check back tomorrow or Sunday for that idea. Meanwhile I’ve sleeved the SATA and Molex to modular connections and some CCFLs. I have the one inverter I need to use besides the Lamptron 4 way for a Liquid Neon CCFL in the garage drying. I painted it black to match the rest of the stuff. I also ordered a BFG EX-1000w as a backup and also to use while I’m sleeving the EX1200. But mostly I got it because Geeks.com had it for $54.99 shipped. Check back soon.