Nuclear UPS mod

[Cannibal23]

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.

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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...

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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

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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..

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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.

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batteries are in just havent posted that. left is to mod out the front panel. cut a design in it and wire up 2 diffrent led lighting systems based on weather its on ac or dc power. essentually im hoping just to tap into the existing circuts on the pcb that runs the led's and buttons for the front panel for this. other then that order the correct cathode tubes online and install them. that should be about it. if it wasnt for the xmas holliday i would be able to give you a realistic time line but shipping is probably retarded right now. this mod hasnt taken me very long wich im happy about.

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thanks for the reps guys. glad your all likeing this so far. will need to make some measurements and print off a template at work on monday moring. that will most likely be my next update, but who knows maybe i will get some drunken inspiration at the bar tonight

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weeee im full of rum like a good bf2 pireats mod player should be (see the gameing thread) ya shameless plug but .. whatcha gonna do... i plan to make measurements and a template for monday and maybe i get some cutouts done on the front panel and we will see how she looks. really love the fact that so many great TBCS modders are checking this project out even though its not super hard core like TGS namesake is.

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nice butterfly knife, though i haven't seen the blade style, i've always wanted one.

sorry dude i didnt see this part of the post. ya its one the my tools that i use all the time. very handy for cutting tape. i had that one mailed to me from Brazil the last time i went there.

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ok here is some more updates. did some work on the front panel today. here is the design and the tools i used

in order to get the plex that im going to mount at surface level i had to get rid of some bits of plastic that are there to provide strength to the panel. here i am part way through

and here it is more complete. and the tool i used to get rid of it all. not sure if thats what this bit was designed for but either way it seemd to do a good job of it

and here is what it looks like from the front. ya i know its still ugly but its not done yet either.