Show me your diy controller board/ electronic equipment cabinets.

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Work in progress. I used Azar display pegboard. Utilizing the open space to the side of the door. I haven't decided on permanent solution to connect everything. Zip ties for now. There is plenty of things i can do to make this cleaner. As we all know every plan in this hobby is 3 steps short.
 
Here is mine. It's still a work in progress and made up of two parts. Check out the last two pages of my build thread for more details.

I plan to add a little more below the larger panel to hold dosing pumps and a few other small things down the road.
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I recognize a couple things on that board!! lol
 
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Work in progress. I used Azar display pegboard. Utilizing the open space to the side of the door. I haven't decided on permanent solution to connect everything. Zip ties for now. There is plenty of things i can do to make this cleaner. As we all know every plan in this hobby is 3 steps short.
I like the idea of using a pegboard!
 
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Work in progress. I used Azar display pegboard. Utilizing the open space to the side of the door. I haven't decided on permanent solution to connect everything. Zip ties for now. There is plenty of things i can do to make this cleaner. As we all know every plan in this hobby is 3 steps short.
I like the idea of using a pegboard!
It's definitely a work in progress. Original plan was to hang a PVC sheet in the same spot. Then I started thinking about drilling holes and pegboards clicked. Definitely not a perfect fit. Hydros Launch holes don't align perfectly. But I got 2 16x20 pegboards for 45$. They offer neon colors too just color variants depend on size. I think it will work.
 
While I've been waiting for my tank and equipment to come in I've been designing my control boards. Think I finally have a design I like that will keep everything nice and organized. The rear control board will be on a piano hinge to make servicing it easier and the board on the right will be on drawer slides. I've bought most of what I needed for the build and hope to start soon.
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Altered my design a little bit from my previous post but I think it came out pretty good!
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PLC control for AWC, makeup, heating, skimmer controls, main circulation pump, RO water generating, ect. Have a touch screen in the utility room and at the display for control and monitoring. Alarming on just about everything from device amperage, flow, temperature, levels. I wanted to do something that wasn’t cloud based or a phone app for all the major functions. Also controls is pretty much what I’ve been doing my whole life.
 
Just finished putting together the controller cabinet for my build.

The cabinet is a white 2 glass door floor cabinet from Amazon.
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I cut out a big opening in the rear of the cabinet so that the power supplies that will be mounted on the rear of the control board will have adequate ventilation.
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Here is the 3/4” plywood used for the mounting board that will slip inside of the cabinet.
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Glued and pocket hole screwed.
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Primed and painted.
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Components mounted.
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And here’s the finished cabinet...
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What’s holding the components?
 
Moja jest w trakcie budowy
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