pic: Team 356 C-Box

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by Rickertsen2

only ours will alos contain the speed controllers etc, and be mounted on sliding rails, so that we can pull it out like a drawer. I love the neon plexi.

For what it's worth, we put out controller, speed controllers, etc. on a common panel in our first year. The wiring between the PWMs and the SCs is short and neat. However, the wiring from the fuse panel to the SCs and the SCs to the motors is both messy and heavy.

We now put the SCs as close to the motors as possible and the fuse panel in a centrally located position. This saves on both length of heavy gage wire (and therefore weight) and it also makes the wiring scheme much neater.

BTW, the translucent green plexi is available either from McMaster Carr (www.mcmaster.com) or MSCdirect (www.mscdirect.com). It is available in a variety of colors.

At mcmaster, look for plastic, then select for color "Clear with Flourescent xxx tint" where xxx = Green, Amber, Red, Blue.

MSC is a little more difficult to find, but I have ordered it from there before.