Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Control Panel Wiring Done

Finished all the control panel wiring.  Some of this was a real pain in the rear.  Even though the case seems huge there is not a lot of room to get the wires all set.  I tried to do the wiring as clean as possible but it was not easy to do all the time.  I just need to trace things through and double check everything before I try to test it out.  I do not yet have my 220v run from the main box so I have some time to fiddle some before the first test.  I am a bit excited about trying it all out!  Here are some pictures of the internal wiring.






As always, click the picture to see a larger version.  Stay tuned for more!
 

Monday, September 9, 2013

Control Panel Wiring

I have been doing lots of work on the main control panel.  I put a coat of wax on it first to help protect the paint then I added all the components to it.  The lettering on the panel is water slide decals I printed with a laser printer and then placed on the panel.  It was then covered with four coats of clear coat to protect the labels.  The panel now has a deep mirror finish.  It was hard to get decent pictures of the panel because it gets a lot of glare and every minute speck of dust shows up like a snowball in the photos.  Also the black areas of the labels seem to show up lighter in the pictures then they seem in real life as well for some reason.  I think the flash is causing it.  Here are some pictures of the panel as I added components and started wiring.






Here are some pictures of the inside components and the beginning of the wiring.  I have quite a bit more wiring done then these pictures and I will add more pictures as I progress.  I'm trying to keep the wiring as clean as I can but it isn't easy.





More pictures to come as I get farther with the wiring.  Stay tuned!