Hiding Button Pannel
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:54 am
I f*cked up the button/LED panel for my Antec Super LANBOY case. Please don't ask how. >.< Right now, I have a temp button wired to the mobo for power.
Anyway, here's my idea. Take one of the placeholders on the 5.25" drive bay, drill holes in it, and wire up a complete button/LED assembly as a replacement. I also want to get a fan control knob, and wire my 120MM case fans in succession.
What I'm not sure about are what types of switches to use. I know they need to be momentary biased switches with a normally-open position, but I'm not sure what rating they need to be. Looking at Radioshack, I see ratings of .5A at 125VAC, up to 3A at 250VAC. I know there is no way that tiny short of pins can generate 250VAC, so I think I'd be safe with these:
3A 250VAC Momentary Switches
Or maybe even these:
1.5A 125VAC Mini Momentary Switches
For my LEDs, I run into the problem of again not knowing particular specs. I saw these two, one red and one green, with assemblies that just screw in:
Green LED w/ Holder
Red LED w/ Holder
I figure these would be perfect to mount into the 5.25" drive bay, or maybe even drill holes into the top of the case itself and mount them there.
As for the fan controller, I would like to find a simple but decent quality knob-type controller. Perhaps something like this:
Vantec NXP-301 Fan Controller
I figure I can pluck the circuitry out of this controller, and make a bracket to mount it to the 5.25" drive bay cover.
Please give suggestions/oppinions.
Anyway, here's my idea. Take one of the placeholders on the 5.25" drive bay, drill holes in it, and wire up a complete button/LED assembly as a replacement. I also want to get a fan control knob, and wire my 120MM case fans in succession.
What I'm not sure about are what types of switches to use. I know they need to be momentary biased switches with a normally-open position, but I'm not sure what rating they need to be. Looking at Radioshack, I see ratings of .5A at 125VAC, up to 3A at 250VAC. I know there is no way that tiny short of pins can generate 250VAC, so I think I'd be safe with these:
3A 250VAC Momentary Switches
Or maybe even these:
1.5A 125VAC Mini Momentary Switches
For my LEDs, I run into the problem of again not knowing particular specs. I saw these two, one red and one green, with assemblies that just screw in:
Green LED w/ Holder
Red LED w/ Holder
I figure these would be perfect to mount into the 5.25" drive bay, or maybe even drill holes into the top of the case itself and mount them there.
As for the fan controller, I would like to find a simple but decent quality knob-type controller. Perhaps something like this:
Vantec NXP-301 Fan Controller
I figure I can pluck the circuitry out of this controller, and make a bracket to mount it to the 5.25" drive bay cover.
Please give suggestions/oppinions.