Post Your Charger Case

Discussion in 'Chargers' started by Adolf, May 2, 2014.

By Adolf on May 2, 2014 at 3:13 PM
  1. Adolf

    Adolf Active Member

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    A lot of you guys are making some nice looking charger cases with power supply's built in,

    I'm trying to figure out how to set up my first case, and I would love some pictures showing how others have built theirs. Not even sure on what charger and power supply yet..

    He's my first idea for a case, lol

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Discussion in 'Chargers' started by Adolf, May 2, 2014.

    1. mr_squiggle

      mr_squiggle Well-Known Member

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      Just sold this one. It had 2 server power supplies inside for 1150W at 24v. Fan to help push air through & a fused 240v inlet socket. Made the deck myself.
      It had no trouble running a 1000W charger.

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      Citizen #186
       
    2. Manyc

      Manyc Well-Known Member

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      Here is mine... bit messy but works well

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    3. smakmeharder

      smakmeharder Administrator

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      @Manyc unless there is alot of dirt under the charger box it looks pretty good to me dude... You want messy? Open my charger case!
       
    4. Manyc

      Manyc Well-Known Member

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      Cabling is not the best...

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    5. 5Fidy

      5Fidy RIP Jason

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      This is my charger case. Lol just guess lol where lol I lol hook lol it up lol...
      bit of lol a lol bastard to get lol down to the club but hey lol it kicks arse. Lol


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    6. The Dude

      The Dude Well-Known Member

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      LOl, thats funny dude...
       
    7. Geena

      Geena Well-Known Member

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      Recently, my charger (a Dynamite Passport Ultra Duo) decided it has had enough. So I purchased an FMA PowerLab 8X2, and all the goodies and gadgets I needed to build a charging case. This is my very first ever attempt at building a charging case, but I think it turned out ok. Here are some photos from the start of the build until it was finished. I do have a couple of fan guards coming, and they should be here in a few days. :)




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    8. simon

      simon Well-Known Member

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      Nice @Geena, nice
      What's the covering over the wood?
      Simon
       
    9. Geena

      Geena Well-Known Member

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      Thanks Simon. The covering is a self adhesive vinyl sheet that looks like carbon fiber. $7.99 for a 2' X 5' roll on Amazon. :)
       
    10. smakmeharder

      smakmeharder Administrator

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      Well done @Geena! That looks very professional. How does the mains connect? IE is there a lead coming out the case or is there a plug to connect the mains to?
       
    11. Geena

      Geena Well-Known Member

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      Thank you @smakmeharder. I`m really happy with how it turned out. The leads are soldered into those little nubbins sticking up from the deck, and just plugged into the charger with banana plugs. I thought about soldering the into the charger too, but I was worried about warranty voiding if I did that. I tested it last night, buy doing a couple of charge/discharge cycles on a set of 5200mAh 6s packs and all went well.
       
    12. Ben

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      Your case looks great Geena - appears you went down a very similar route to me.

      I've only just finished building my own case, using the following components.

      - Dual Powerlab 8x2
      - Bump controller
      - Dual MPA's
      - Meanwell RSP-3000-48
      - Cheap Bunnings case

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    13. Geena

      Geena Well-Known Member

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      Yours looks great too, and I LOVE those fan covers. Our setups are very similar, except I didn`t go with a bump control. After seeing one of my flying buddies struggle with setting his up, I decided against it. I also went a different direction with the power supply. I used a Juice Box 70A 1800W 24V power supply. I read up on several power supplies before deciding, and I heard no complaints about the Juice Box. For $100, and free shipping....I figured why not give it a try. :D
       

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