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Peters Web Site
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Date: 6-1-2017
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Number of Hours: 1.00
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Brief Description: Power Distribution Board
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Instead of starting any epoxy work tonight, I decided instead to work on a little side project that I've been scheming up.
Several weeks ago when I was testing my new nav/strobe lights I found that twitching wires together and then trying to connect to my 12VDC power supply was somewhat agricultural and, being an electrical engineer, surely I could come up with something better. Well, after a couple nights searching around ebay, I had an idea ......... I'll make a Power Distribution Box (PDB).
The circuit diagram at the bottom shows the concept. This is just a simple box with a couple input terminals for connection of a 12VDC supply. I then have four sets of output terminals, two of which are always on, and two which are switched. I also found a cheap little digital meter that shows voltage and current, which will be very helpful in determining my actual electrical loads. The whole lot fits neatly into a component case I found on ebay for next to nothing (gotta love the Chinese).
I'm fitting the PDB with standard banana plug terminals and am also making up a heap of test leads, with standard banana plugs on one end, and circuit connector clips on the other. This will make hooking up and testing of electrical equipment items so much simpler, and will also provide a means for switching selected items on and off, as well as verifying electrical load.
Nothing extraordinary, but I like it all the same. Looking forward to putting it to good use later in my build.
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All my bits to build a Roxby Aeroplane Company PDB-01
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Part way through assembly
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The circuit diagram
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