Hello bob!

25 Jan 19 05:25, you wrote to me:
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 bp> At the risk of being crude, broomclips nicely hold Pi's in cases,
 bp> there's complete freedom to install and remove individuals without
 bp> disturbing neighboring units.

I am really looking for more, elegant solutions.. Nice, but not for me...

DIY is not part of my skills, when it starts to involve wood or metal or other
industrial arts .. I did my pennance with that in HS, not for me...

While thats a neat way of mounting Pi's in cases.... its not for me.. ..

 bp> I understand the appeal of a single DC supply, but it's also a single
 bp> point of failure. A group of wallwarts plugged into an outlet strip
 bp> with cube taps to give good packing density is cheap, compact and
 bp> easily fixable if something breaks.

Aware of the SPOF, a spare, and possibly a hot spare system will be setup...
but the whole wall wart thing is EXACTLY what I am trying to rid my house of in
all forms...  Pi's to all sorts of all things... if its got wart to power it,
it needs to be looked for erradication.

AC distribution for long disatnce is great, but with the modern household the
need for internal DC distribution is a must, especially in the nerd home.

I am actually looking to find a way to do whole home DC power
distribution...and I am going to start with the main areas which have lots of
stuff that needs DC and won't entail fishing wire etc...


 bp> Here's a photo of my (admittedly small) setup. The cables are a mess
 bp> only because I bought stock lengths:

 bp> http://www.zefox.net/~fbsd/pi_cluster

I understand the way that happens... its exactly what I am trying to prevent
and get rid of...


Clean setups of stuff like I have in my radio shelters, is what I am after at
home... Lots of things get in the way of doing that when you have to get things
online and going now now now... I've got the result of that sitting in my "lab"
room right now... Pi's sitting on desks taking up space that then need to be
organized... these Pi's 99.9999% of the time need no attention.. connect LAN,
SDR, power, startup OP25, rtl_fm etc.. and have them feed my IceCast server...


 bp> Everything is off-the-shelf, each pi is independent of every other pi.
 bp> If off-line power is wanted a standard UPS can be added.

A UPS will be and is used on all electronics... to keep them active till gen
set come on.


Rick


... NOprah!
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