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Friday, 26 July 2013

DIY Casing

We are working on new designs which which will be better designed to fit into cases in the meantime John Cantor  (from heatpumps.co.uk) who has been using a modified OpenEnergyMonitor system for monitoring the performance of air and ground source heatpumps shares a photo of his experiences of boxing up the emonTx and Nanode RF SMT

emonTx setup for temperature monitoring and nanode RF SMT cased up using standard RS cases

These cases from RS were used:

ABS moulded box, 120x65x40mm, ivory
RS Stock No.502-641
ABS moulded box, 112x62x31mm, ivory
RS Stock No.502-635
both £3.45+vat.

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1 comment:

  1. JohnCantor26 July 2013 at 09:29

    Have found these to be tidy-enough and quick and easy. Holes are best drilled with a stepped cone cutter. (usb slot filed out square). The CT plug holes need to be about 10mm so the whole plug can go in (needs to go 1/2 way). I tend to solder multiple temperaure sensors, but using screw terminals in this one.
    The ariel on the new nanode is VERY stiff, so its very important to bend (if you need to) using 2 pairs of pliers on the wire so there is no force on the PCB.

    Final idea- the battery emontx just fits into the little cardboard box that a CT comes in. The red ariel wire can poke out so you remember what it is. Its good tidy enclosure for room temperaure, and can go anywhere.

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