Custom Switch Ideas.

[Hayashi]

As I am a sucker for aesthetics I decided it would be nice to have custom switches on one of my spare drive bay covers. With the spacing for the switches I can have up to about six which would look so much better than just the two on the sides for power and reset.

 

Only issue if I can't think of what else I could use them for. I was thinking using another pair to control my LED's, but this leaves me with two more unused. 

 

Would be very much appreciated to receive feedback on what else I could use these switches for as well as waiting for the rest of the parts to arrive as of only having the switch covers and cables.

 

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Are they just standard on/off switches? If so, you may need to modify them for the power and reset, as they should only be bridged for a second, rather than being left bridged.

[Hayashi]

They're both SPST switches.

[pagani123]

you could have one on the front that turns the psu on and off but it would be a bigger mod to do that

[Hayashi]

you could have one on the front that turns the psu on and off but it would be a bigger mod to do that

Interesting idea, but I don't see the much use of it as of having both power and reset already in use.

[Deagon]

i'd just use them for switching off some fans if it were me, just because.

[Hayashi]

i'd just use them for switching off some fans if it were me, just because.

Agreed, but past me thinks differently and bought a fan controller unfortunately. 

 

Actually, that could work, I planned on using a Molex cable which controls the voltage to turn the LED's on and off. Perhaps I could use this for my fan controller as it's powered through a Molex cable. 

 

Thanks, that might actually work.

Edited September 12, 2015 by Hayashi

[Deagon]

Hope it works, let us see some pics when its finished 

[Hayashi]

Hope it works, let us see some pics when its finished 

Bad news. Two of the switches I ordered arrived but the connectors for the cable aren't big enough to attach to them, so I'll have to take them off and solder the cables to the switch connectors.

 

[Hayashi]

Hope it works, let us see some pics when its finished 

Well after a lot of fiddling around it's fair to say this turned out very well, I wish they were a little more straight all together and may consider redoing it, but for now I would say it's a success.

 

[Skander1345]

That's cool, but please redo it and align them

[Hayashi]

That's cool, but please redo it and align them

Agreed, they don't look too bad from a distance so I think I'll leave it for now and maybe come back to it after my system is built.

 

[Deagon]

Too cool