Has anyone seen mounting brackets for power adapters?

jelazar · Dec 9, 2017

I'm looking for brackets for mounting my various power adapters.

I have four ReefBreeder Photon V2 power supplies, two Ecotech Vectra power supplies, and two Gyre 280 power supplies. I like the idea of velcro a lot. I've found that zip ties work well until you want to adjust something.

I like the Ecotech brackets in the picture below, but they're pretty spendy and they won't work as well for the oversized RB power bricks. Anyone seen something outside the aquarium trade that would work well?

dbl · Dec 9, 2017

If you're handy with wood, you can just make some. I stole this idea from @redfishbluefish so he gets the credit. Threw a couple together in an afternoon. Hard to get a good picture where mine are mounted.

redfishbluefish · Dec 10, 2017

Thank you @dbl . Now I'll expect my royalty check in the mail today!

I'll link my holder as well, and point out a note of caution. When I went to build this holder I pulled one of my Vortech power supplies to take measurements. I thought any Vortech power supply would all be the same. Boy, was I wrong. I had three Vortech power supplies with different sizes and/or wire location. So take note of the dimensions of all you're power supplies when designing. Here are my links:

1. Original Design (page 3, posts 50 and51).

2. Three Different Vortech Power Supplies (page 4, post 61).

3. Redesigned Holder (page 4, post 62).

dbl · Dec 10, 2017

redfishbluefish said:
Thank you @dbl . Now I'll expect my royalty check in the mail today!

As the saying goes Paul, the check is in the mail!

jelazar · Dec 27, 2017

Thanks for the inspiration @dbl and @redfishbluefish! I have plenty of depth to my stand so I built an organizer that minimizes the amount of wall space required.

I built this out of 0.5" PVC from Home Depot. There's a selection of PVC materials there for house exterior trimwork. A 2' x 4' sheet was about $20. There was enough stock for this organizer and a separate control board to mount pump controllers and whatnot. I like that the PVC machines easily and is waterproof without me having to paint.

The inside dimensions of the shelves are about 9" long x 5" deep x 2" tall. I made the cord cutouts in the side panels by drilling 1" holes and cutting tangents to the circle on a band saw. Then a little bit of edge sanding to smooth out the cut lines, and a quick pass on the router to round over the hard edges. There's no salt spray in the stand because the sump is in the basement, so I used inexpensive galvanized wood screws instead of stainless steel ones. I drilled two holes in the back of the organizer and attached it high on the rear wall of the stand.

Here's a shot of one of the ReefBreeder Photon v2 power bricks in place.