Cords, power strip, etc in stand

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  1. matt2939

    matt2939 Astrea Snail

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    How do you best control all the electronics that go underneath your stand? This isn't meant to be an aquarium controller question.

    I see in pics under some stands there is a power bar of some sort, but all that's showing is the on/off switches for what I presume are a lot of plug ins. Is there a product name for this? I assume its so if you want to turn off switches you aren't reaching behind the sump etc to turn off power outlets and such.

    I'm kind of obsessive over "cord management", so I'd like to have everything under the stand as organized as possible. I'm thinking I'd need to make a mounted box to hide most of the cords and power outlets, with the face being the power bar face thing I just described, with added space for vortech controller, and apex controller.

    Does anyone have any advice on how best to set this up? Pictures of setups are great help!

    Thanks
     
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  2. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    I think the winner of the zetlight contest had some info. on this in his video....
     
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  3. vtecintegra

    vtecintegra Fire Worm

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    What you are talking about is the American DJ Power Strip. I finally got tired of the cord mess under the stand and losing about $300 dollars of electronics to water damage, I bought a small bedside nightstand and mounted my stuff in there. Controller power strips, led driver, vortech back up battery, etc. Now I can just open the door and move wires, work on things, etc.
     

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  4. matt2939

    matt2939 Astrea Snail

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    Perfect, thanks!
     
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  5. maxcanada

    maxcanada Astrea Snail

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    Can you use the power strip with a controller?
    im assuming not
     
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  6. dunc101

    dunc101 Flamingo Tongue

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    You can in the sense that all electronics plugged into the power strip will be controlled by the 1 outlet plugged into the controller's port. I have an 8 port power strip plugged into an 'Always On' outlet on my APEX myself that always stays on unless I'm doing a water change or go into feed mode (all 8 items on the power strip are controlled by the 1 port on the APEX that the power strip is plugged into).
     
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  7. Greg@LionfishLair

    Greg@LionfishLair 3reef Sponsor

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    DJ switches are the bomb...we use them on several of our setups.
     
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  8. mikev15101

    mikev15101 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    I use them as well. They do work great. Threw some quick labels on the switches and made it so much easier.
     
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  9. ibefishy

    ibefishy Montipora Capricornis

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    I also labeled mine, makes for easy turning things on and off. [​IMG]
     
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