Let's see your controller boards/cabinets!!
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Cartoonfanboy
Community Member
After seeing some of the ones in this thread I feel embarrassed to post
Thinking I might redo and put the power bars in the back side
Thinking I might redo and put the power bars in the back side
Where did you get the new white cabinet?Old Setup
New Tank
Freddy0144
Active Member
Nice Work, I like the angled board at the base!
alabella1
Valuable Member
Wow... just wow. Were did you get the PS holders? Also I only see 4x ecotechs, what is running off the other 2 batteries?
Work in progress...
marcus aurelius
Active Member
First off everyone is giving me such good ideas. Also they all look great.
My question is that how do you keep the cords neat and clean, and still have the ability to take them out for cleaning
My question is that how do you keep the cords neat and clean, and still have the ability to take them out for cleaning
bluerider098
Active Member
The trick is to leave enough cord behind the stand so that you can pull the items out for service. All of my cords are nice and tidy in my controller cabinet, but I left all of the excess on the floor behind the stand allowing you to remove items to clean them. The only catch is that you have to clean them at the tank, which I do in a bucket.
When I'm done I just coil up the excess and drop it back behind the stand.
When I'm done I just coil up the excess and drop it back behind the stand.
Ef4life
Valuable Member
I’ve been cutting cords and installing oem automotive grade weatherproof connectors on ac components- sadly with everything going to dc it’s not as simple anymore.
but Velcro strips instead of zip ties also help in keeping cords accessible
BZOFIQ
5000 Club Member
It's actually a lot easier with DC. You can make a common rail and power everything of off one beefier power supply. Or use two with a redundancy/combiner module.
Battery backup possibilities are also a lot easier with DC stuff and there are no losses related to DC to AC up-conversion.
bluerider098
Active Member
This is good idea. However I am sure it voids any warranty. So I would not recommend doing this on anything still under warranty.
Ef4life
Valuable Member
you can’t cut the dc cords short very easily, or add a good sturdy weather sealed plug to make it just unplug and remove from the aquarium for service. The dc cord wires are typically very fine gauge and the oem plugs are molded into the cords making them strong
Adding a power supply bus is great, but doesn’t make anything easily accessible when the wire travels from the display, behind the stand and into the cabinet, and secured to keep it tidy.
Barbness522
New Member
Where did you get this cabinet?
Barbness522
New Member
Where did you find this cabinet?
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Daniel@R2R
Living the Reef Life
I'm gonna have a killer one for my next build. 
Jason Scalise
Active Member
straightforward for a 20g IM Fusion NUVO AIO.
built the board for custom placement.
Dont plan on placing the cabinet doors on.
NEW BUILD Thread - IM 20 NUVO Fusion Pro
built the board for custom placement.
Dont plan on placing the cabinet doors on.
NEW BUILD Thread - IM 20 NUVO Fusion Pro
TWYOUNG
Well-Known Member
Mine won't measure up to a lot of these but I'm just getting back into the hobby after a 25 year absence. There were no controller boards then since there were NO CONTROLLERS! Also no refugiums, LED lights, dinos or copepods, (at least none we knew of). Instead we had live rock, metal halide lights and chillers!
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