Entrance Design - Part 3

 

Part of the complete rebuild of the Space Base is to improve the setup and take down without having to worry about small wires.  It started this in this post.   Since there are a lot of modules in front of the entrance, I added two of these (next picture), one  on either side.  The version is a little different in that there are three connectors on the front, but no connector on the back.  I soldered in wires that connect back to the main distribution point. 

The distribution point is shown in this picture. It is attached underneath the Entrance and connects all lighting in the Entrance structure to a USB port.

This ides went rough several iterations before I achieved a usable solution.

First it needed to be recessed so that there was sufficient room for the wire bend radius.  But if I did that, I would be guessing at where the connection point was.  That led to the idea of a removal module that I could easily connect the individual cables to .  This picture above shows this.  A single technic pin brick makes the connection.

This series of pictures shows the build.  The 1x3 tile area in front is a gripping point for removing the module.  The tiles on top help it slid in and not have studs tying to slide by tubes.  

This picture shows the socket area of the module.  A1x2 technic brick with a single hole is the socket for the previously mentioned technic brick with a pin. There is a 1x1 hole for the wire to slide through.

Finally the above picture shows the module attached and hanging on it's wire. The Distribution module can be seen at the back on the right.  

Only a live setup is going to tell me if this was a good idea.  So until Brick Days in Omaha, we will not know if this was a good idea.

See you on April 22.😀