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In Reply to: DIY outlet box posted by John Swenson on June 3, 2007 at 19:57:08:
Search the archives here. You've touched on at least half a dozen conversations you'll need to bone up on!
Seriously, I've built various strips to my satisfaction, PCs, some of the RFI tweaks, and have recently experimented with audio grade outlets. Each of these is an issue to deal with. Best to set up something that isn't permanent yet that will permit you to experiment in your system, as there's no one right answer overall.
Damping boxes does help. I've settled on cast aluminum, but given what you want to pack into it (I'm not sure of size of chokes or if you intend them to be internal to the box), you may have to construct a special box. Non-ferrous metal gives some shielding; if you make it from anything but metal, consider lining it with copper or somesuch. A guy here recently posted his design using the chokes and outlets in what looked like a wooden box you might like to copy. Mechanically damp the box, the cover plate (I use ceramic for that in mine with a carbon fiber cover too), and isolate or couple (you choose) to the floor or support it sits on.
I don't know if the chokes vibrate (like my transformer simile does), but if so you may want to separate the chokes from the box altogether with a wire tail. Then damp them too. You don't want to add vibrational sources to your box, believe me.
Have had good luck with Furu Cu and now Oyaide SWO-XXX outlets (better). They best my older tweaked P&S outlets by a significant amount.
So far I've used Alan Maher's dual twist power cord design on my strip. You might look that up or try Chris Ven Haus' Flavor whatever cords. Unless this is digital, you might want an unshielded design. Alan's works well with good noise rejection without a shield.
If you use a metal box, how you mount it (how many points of electrical contact on the backstrap/grounding) matters. Read Al Sekela's posts on that issue.
Best I can offer. You'll get lots of good suggestions; read up to satisfy yourself!
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