Enclosure for Superguns w/external PSU like HAS or MAK

madman

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I'm looking to tidy up my HAS Supergun setup to something a little bit neater looking than just a Happ Power Pro sitting on the floor and I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of a good enclosure for a project such as this. I'd really just need room for the power supply, an IEC jack, power switch, LED and a room to mount a pot for voltage adjustment. I've done a bit of searching around, but it seems most people using these compact SGs just keep a bare arcade PSU sitting around or use one of the Pico bricks. Any guidance here? Thanks.

Edit: I realized the title is misleading, this would be an enclosure just for the power supply side of the house, the HAS would be external to it.
 
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The mouser link is broken, but I've heard of those PacTec enclosures in the past. Thanks for the tip. I'm gonna keep searching hoping somewhere there's a vented case that already has an IEC panel mount on it or something I can strip apart and use for my purpose.
 
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mad, hit me up if you don't find something. Worse case I can probably make you a simple enclosure you can modify.
 
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Oh an I think some of the other style polycases have mounting options.
 
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lions3 said:
mad, hit me up if you don't find something. Worse case I can probably make you a simple enclosure you can modify.
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Cool, thanks if I don't find anything I'll hit you up. The closest thing I found was this: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:486564 which would be pretty much what I would need. Finding an enclosure with pre-mounted IEC connector and power switch in a reasonable size for a good price is much harder than I thought. I really just want something simple and neat. I might look into cheapo Chinese power supplies in nice cases and just gut it if I have to.

Edit: Thanks for the update, buaku.
 
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I think a custom one would be best so you can mount a fan and switch to it.
 
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Xian Xi said:
I think a custom one would be best so you can mount a fan and switch to it.
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Agreed. I've been browsing Happ's page, turns out they do have a 200W supply w/IEC connector, power switch and 5V adjustment. Not as sexy as an enclosure for the power pro, but seems like it'd get the job done well enough for the moment.
 
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madman said:
Agreed. I've been browsing Happ's page, turns out they do have a 200W supply w/IEC connector, power switch and 5V adjustment. Not as sexy as an enclosure for the power pro, but seems like it'd get the job done well enough for the moment.
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mad, I could do an acrylic case... but I was really thinking some plastic enclosure. Since I have the 3d printers sitting here in my office. If you want acrylic I can do that too. It'll just need to wait a few weeks for my next time with the laser.
 
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madman said:
Cool, thanks if I don't find anything I'll hit you up. The closest thing I found was this: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:486564 which would be pretty much what I would need. Finding an enclosure with pre-mounted IEC connector and power switch in a reasonable size for a good price is much harder than I thought. I really just want something simple and neat. I might look into cheapo Chinese power supplies in nice cases and just gut it if I have to.

Edit: Thanks for the update, buaku.
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No problem!

forgive me for asking, but is there a reason you don't want to roll your own?
It would probably just be faster to find a good sized case and cut out a hole to mount the IEC connector.
That was the plan for my supergun that's still in the works after I don't even know how many years, lol.
 
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I originally set out to make my own, but couldn't find any vented cases in an appropriate size. I spent a solid 2+ hours last night searching around, I'll hit up lions3 but I think I'm just gonna go w/one of the Happ supplies as mentioned above, I can open it up and remove all the unnecessary connections that I won't be using.
 
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