The aim was to start with 10 outlets and build out from there.
To make things easier I decided to make a box with room for 10 standard 240V wall powerpoints.
Each powerpoint is 117×70mm so allowing for two columns of five points (with space between each to allow for plugpacks)I ended up with a base of 250×460mm. I ended up making the box 220mm deep so that it wouldn’t fall over (the exact dimension was mostly determined by the size of the piece of wood I had)
In the end I needed the following cuts:
- 2 * 250×460 for front/back
- 2 * 220×460 for sides
- 2 * 250×210 for top/bottom
I cut the sides out of a sheet of melamine MDF and assembled by connecting with small right-angle brackets. I then finished it up by applying some melamine lining to the exposed wood for aestetics. The back panel was attached by a large hinge and a small handle was added.
Here is the final result:
Tags: Arduino