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42 Gallon Hex build

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The first photo is of one of the back cabinet door's parts. The door was too narrow to have a raised panel so it is a standard panel. There are two doors one on each side. The next three photos are of the parts for the back cabinet that is attached to the back panel. The back panel is the same as the side panels with the exception it has no air vent at the bottom. The fifth photo is the center partition inside the cabinet. This is where the power bars for the controller will be mounted. The partition does not extend to the top. There will be a partition that will allow the hoses from the return and overflow to pass through the cabinet and prevent any spillage from entering where the power bars are mounted. I will show this in a later post. The sixth photo is of the assembled sides, back and center partition. The back has a acrylic panel. This will be painted black before final assembly. In the panel there are two wall plates with 6 ports each. This is for keystone couplers. These are available in various different connectors such as Cat 5, RJ11 and USB if needed. There are also six holes for bulkheads for 1/4" tubing. I have 5 of these bulkheads inserted and a plug in the sixth. It also has a fan mounted that pulls in air from outside the cabinet. The reason for pulling the air in instead of exhausting it is that i want to keep a positive pressure as opposed to the sump area in the electronics compartments of the stand. There are also two power input jacks. These are the same as those on a standard computer. These will go to an electrical box with a dual outlet that has a GFI breaker built in. There is only one box shown in the photo, but the final assembly will have one box on each side of the cabinet. The seventh photo is of the cabinet without being attached to the back panel. The last photo is of the back cabinet and back panel assembled. The electrical box will be attached to the bottom frame assembly which is not shown in these photos. There is no bottom in the cabinet. If somehow water does get into this compartment it will drain to the floor to hopefully minimize any damage done.
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