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Power Supply Mounting

1999-10-20 by Fred Becker

I am not thrilled about having the power supply cord coming out of the 
front of my MOTM system.  So I will probably mount the power supply in the 
rear of a cabinet too.  It would be neat if I could turn the system on from 
the front of the cabinet, however.  How about a little 1U module with some 
power switches (lit) that can be put in series with the power switch on the 
power supply.  Then the rear switch can be left thrown on and the front 
panel will control power ON and OFF.  There could be more than one switch 
for powering multiple power supplies for those really big systems.

Silly idea:  it would be cool if the power supply module could be redone 
with the plug coming from the back.  Then there could be several LED's that 
would show current being drawn by various modules.  They would glow dimly 
or brightly depending on current drawn.  Totally useless, but fascinating 
to watch.  Ha!

Fred

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