My DIY 4 light flip box

[ginnzy]

Hey guys!

I needed a 4 light flip, and found plans on the net how to build them, after i found the relays, the rest of the stuff i had laying around minus the timer and box. the plugs come from a discarded uninterrupted power supply, I liked how they were all together, and the back of the plugs were so easy to wire up. I will prolly build a 6 or 8 light flip next!

here is a quick pic of the finished unit.

what you think?

 

[chemicalsmoker]

NICE!!!!! anyway i can get a copy of those plans ? thanks

 

[ginnzy]

i pm'd you a link, although, once a guy finds the relays, its pretty easy to figure it out. just remember, you need to use magnetic ballasts for this, they dont work well with digital's.

 

[ginnzy]

hey guys, I hooked up the flip box today ,and all the lights. I also wired in a 450 cfm fan to it so it runs when the relays click over to power my small er room with the vented shades. It all works awesome! Looks like i'll be building a 3 or 4 relay box soon.

 

[7eOsouL]

very veryy sweet shit my man. can u PM me the link also? id very much appreciate it ALOT you have no idea. ive been looking at them online for the last month just "window shopping" xD its so annoying and inconvenient having multiple timers and they cover both outlets lol even with the double outlet times lol. but again very nice job on the flip box super simple and DIY(my style as much as possible)

 

[ginnzy]

very veryy sweet shit my man. can u PM me the link also? id very much appreciate it ALOT you have no idea. ive been looking at them online for the last month just "window shopping" xD its so annoying and inconvenient having multiple timers and they cover both outlets lol even with the double outlet times lol. but again very nice job on the flip box super simple and DIY(my style as much as possible)

are you sure its a flip box you want to make, or a light controller? (a box that will turn on multiple ballasts at the same time using one timer). ill pm you link for the flip non the less...

meh.... heres the link, not sure if its a no no to post links, but i cant see the harm.

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=35561

 

[oxanaca]

do you know how i can change this to 240V. do i just change the outlets or do the relays need to be changed as well?

 

[tacticalthc]

Shit! I wish I still did powdercoating... I had a 3' wide, by 6' high and 2' depth curing oven, that I made out of an Dual In-wall Oven that I found on Craigslist. I could pretty much powdercoat anything you brought to me.

I could apply it this situation on those metal panels.. I'd be able to make them flat black, and it'd look like a manufacturing lab designed it! I plan on getting back into it at some point, so that all of my DIY projects have to way to get some durable color.

and, of course.. you could always spray paint it.