Can you recommend a big box which can easily mount 20 switches and house and mount 20 capacitors.

Thanks

 

Can you add some detail to your request?

What is your location?

 

Very drole, the UK

 

No. You haven’t provided enough information. What switches are you using? And what is the largest/smallest capacitor? Links to the actual components may help. What space do your external connections require? And what voltages will be inside the box.

You can probably do this yourself. With the physical dimensions, lay out all components to determine the dimensions of the box. Then search for a project box of that size (or larger).

 

I want to make one of these


for less than he's selling them for, unfortunately the scardy cats will probably ban me for making something too something !

 

Some of the capacitors I've worked with would take a cargo van to hold 20 capacitors. In fact, they took a Naval Ship to house them. And the switching cabinets that controlled them were easily as large as a cargo van.

To be completely honest, we have no idea what you're trying to do. If you tell us you have capacitors that measure X Y Z then we can come up with a box sized to hold that much material with enough room for the most common types of switches. But first we need to know the values of the caps as well. You can't use a standard 120 volt switch to switch a capacitor that is at 480 volts with a capacitance of 4700 µF. We can easily help you find something that won't work. But with more information we MIGHT be able to help you with a proper solution.

And three things about the link you've shared: First, the box looks custom. Second, there are no dimensions to go on. Third, we know nothing about the circuit they are constructing. I find it hard to imagine anyone building something just from these few photos. But if you can - great. Please share with us.

Ban? Scardy cats? If you're talking about safety - - - we like our members to stick around a long long time. There's a reason why certain topics are prohibited. Nobody wants to be responsible for telling you to test a capacitor on your tongue.

 

Well, obviously you can hammer some boards together. For ideas of what is available, you can start with https://www.grainger.com/content/general-catalog There are other general industrial catalogs which will give you some ideas of available products to build with. Then you can narrow down your scope to individual products and manufacturers.

 

If the size is right - what about using an old computer cabinet? You may have to gut a few things, but if the space required is sufficient - there's one idea.

 

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THAT TOOK ME TO AN ADVERTISEMENT! SEEMS IT WANTS TO UPLOAD SOMETHING!

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I'm trying to make this
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I was vague because my thread was blocked before.

Was it blocked because the project is dangerous?

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A couple of things to note about the link you sent:
-He's made the boxes out of wood. This may have something to do with the large magnetic fields he's producing with his box. Depending on the power of these fields, metal boxes may be dangerous.
-He's got a lot of disclaimers about medical use and use on humans. Is this the intended use for your device? What do you intend to do with it?

Lastly, do you have your circuit defined? You will really need to start there then you can choose your components and decide how big your box needs to be.

 

Was it blocked because the project is dangerous?

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The link was to an "experimental" medical device for curing all sorts of ills and parasites that the gullible buyer may imagine having. That is, snake oil. Aside for an expensive and hefty looking coil there is no evidence it does anything.

 

The link was to an "experimental" medical device for curing all sorts of ills and parasites that the gullible buyer may imagine having. That is, snake oil. Aside for an expensive and hefty looking coil there is no evidence it does anything.

You have to wonder how someone that is gullible enough to fall for pseudo science could possibly be intelligent enough to build such a thing.

 

This is how big of a box you need.

 

I have a "big Box" with a bunch of capacitors in it. It is an EICO company capacitor substitution box. the size is about 2 inches by 2 1/2 inches by 5 inches. I also have a single capacitor that measures about 4 inches by 5 inches by 5 inches, and another that measures about 9 inches long and 3 1/2 inches in diameter. These are all fairly common capacitors. So to get any answer that is better than a guess you do need to provide more information. Likewise with the switches, I have both very small ones and larger ones rated for 20 amps.
Then there is also the question of mounting those capacitors. Some mount by their leads, others us a clamp and bolt in place.
One thing though is that it is not likely that the capacitors arrangement will be producing magnetic fields.

 

The capacitor inside Captan Kirk's phasers are impressive. Small yet can hold a huge potential. The one drawback is when those pistols overload. Eventually the capacitor exceeds its breakdown voltage and BOOM. There goes another Starship.