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Hi everybody. i figured i would mod one of my UPS's. i want to give it a Nuclear radio active sort of look. so here we go again!!
ok so here is what we start with... pretty lame box eh
so then i took out the batteries... btw be carefull with these they could really mess you up.
then i carefully ripped the guts out of the UPS.. Look at the size of that transformer.. thats a heavy mofo.
ok so now were left with just the empty frame... heres what it looks like
pretty boring eh... well well fix that.
there is a plate in the middle seperating the back from the front of the ups. had to take it out and cut a notch in the right side of it for my lighting. heres a snap of it
i also painted the front metal plate yellow. ignore the socks ok...
also in the above posted photo you might notice that i already did some paint work on the outer panel. basicly i painted it black, masked it off and then painted it yellow.... i also painted the plastic front panel but later decided that i wasnt happy with it so it had to change. i also put some bondo on the metal front plate of the ups before painting it. can you tell me what feature is now missing??
i also decided i wanted my buttons yellow
and heres the front panel. the case badge really didnt want to come off so i had to drill the back side of it and pop it up. then fill the whole with bondo... yay bondo.. man that stuff stinks. also there is a little groove in the lower part of the front panel that i wanted filled. heres a comparison... ya i know it looks ugly
with the help of some of the TBCS members, and some engineers at my work, we started trying to figure out how i was going to power my lighting system.. after some serious discussion and evaluating the diffrent potential problems of each solution i decided to abandon the solution provided to me by the engineers at my work and go with something simple ( Thanks Outlaw )
heres what we came up with due to lack of 12volt supply
yep its a 12 volt ac dc adaptor... how simple is that eh... engineers and their complicated ways.... anyways. heres how it looks in the case. you can also see where the ccfl tube and inverter are going to lay.
wait!!! how am i going to plug that into the wall you ask?? heres how!!
hows that for a solution eh. i just connect it to where the power cord comes into the ups and take my 110 from there..
so then i painted part of the frame a beautiful radio active snot green color... yes very charming..
hey.. remember this junk ?
well i installed it again here it is
here is a view from the top so you can see where the cathode tube is. dont worry i wont be using that one its the wrong color
then i took the tape off the outer shell took it in the shower and did some wet sanding. its still got droplets of water on it so the paint job looks pretty lame but here it is anyways.
wicked stuffs man!
+rep
glad to see you got the help and it is so far working :)
that transformer looks about the size of the ones from microwaves, heavy ****ers.
nice butterfly knife, though i haven't seen the blade style, i've always wanted one.
ya you should feel this thing when it has all the electronics and both batteries in it. its crazy heavy. i remember at work i had to carry 2 of them at once... i will never ever do that ever again...
so how long would that run a pc(400watt psu @ full load/lcd?
just checked. it has my 430 watt pc and a bunch of other things in it. says 99 minutes but the display only has 2 didgets so probably longer. in other words power goes out i play rainbow 6 vegas :-)
haha, crysis is better!
how much is left? drop the batteries in and add the CCFL's?
