Hi @MaccaPopEye, great thread, thanks! I live in Aus as well and am looking into building a Reef Pi, but most concerned about building the power controller from a safety persepective. I have a few questions from your design if you don't mind? First, you say you had found Aus panel mount sockets as opposed to the universal, do you remember where?
Also for your 3D printed design, it is quite impressive! However, I was wondering what the design strategy was for the open holes on the sides of the box (If all of this is nonsense please let me know, I am an engineer but not an electrical one by any means!). I understand the idea of preventing overheating, but do you expect this to occur from the circuitry involved? I do not know the heat output of this build, but should we be more worried about the splash risk? Also on a thought of the fire risk, wouldn't the holes increase this as opposed to an enclosed build that would smother sparks? If the plastic takes 6-7 seconds to catch fire, if the box was relatively airtight a flame would not last that long. To be fair all of this comes down to question of heat output of the electronics, which may be much higher than I am expecting?
Also for your 3D printed design, it is quite impressive! However, I was wondering what the design strategy was for the open holes on the sides of the box (If all of this is nonsense please let me know, I am an engineer but not an electrical one by any means!). I understand the idea of preventing overheating, but do you expect this to occur from the circuitry involved? I do not know the heat output of this build, but should we be more worried about the splash risk? Also on a thought of the fire risk, wouldn't the holes increase this as opposed to an enclosed build that would smother sparks? If the plastic takes 6-7 seconds to catch fire, if the box was relatively airtight a flame would not last that long. To be fair all of this comes down to question of heat output of the electronics, which may be much higher than I am expecting?