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Old 11-09-2004, 07:18 AM   #1
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Cigar box PSU
My Father in-law smokes the odd cigar and so he had a few old boxes lying around and I grabbed a few of them. One is being used as a box to put all my old ram.
The other one I had an idea what I could use it for.


This was what I started with, I forgot to take a real "before" shot but you get the idea. Its a crappy little 80w ATX PSU that i want to use to power lights and LED's with.

After a day in the shed I ended up with this.





I used a 40mm fan from an old fried nvidia card, an unused switch from a Cold cathode, a piece of speaker grill and a few left over leds from another project.
Of course eventually the lid will be glued shut (there are some little hands around here) and i just need a 40mm fan grill for it but I think it turned out rather well.


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Old 11-09-2004, 07:30 AM   #2
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Thats pretty damn cool
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Old 11-09-2004, 07:56 AM   #3
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Old 11-09-2004, 10:01 AM   #4
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Old 11-09-2004, 02:26 PM   #5
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Old 11-09-2004, 06:42 PM   #6
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That is pretty quality.

I need a new power supply for my PC
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Old 11-10-2004, 02:58 PM   #7
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you never cease to amaze.

Thats incredible.

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Old 11-10-2004, 10:05 PM   #8
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Old 11-10-2004, 10:34 PM   #9
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Old 11-19-2004, 05:52 PM   #10
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Damn. The only modding i'm doing to my case is gonna be cutting a hole in the top to add a 120mm fan to my case. I should just send you my case and like, 150 bucks, and let you mod my case for me
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Old 11-20-2004, 05:24 AM   #11
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A fan hole? pfft, bring it over and I'll whip out the dremel, crack a beer and do it for free.
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Old 11-20-2004, 02:56 PM   #12
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i guess with it only being an 80wt PSU, but, fire risk?
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Old 11-20-2004, 05:39 PM   #13
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Old 11-20-2004, 09:25 PM   #14
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No, no fire risk. even if it was a 500w PSU. its about as much risk as your PSU in your comp catching fire. pretty slim.
it will never get hot enough to actually start a fire, even if the fan failed.
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