d1st Modification
Added wires to limit the distance the laptop stand can travel. Used 4 screws and 2 pieces of random wire laying around. Maxes the movement to where i like it, just after the fx knobs to give me lots of space.
2nd Mod
Added a C14 power inlet on the back and hard wired the mac charger and s4 power supply straight to it. That means only 1 cable for power, and no messy powerbars or extension cords.
These will help make everything so hassle free. Hope you guys like it. PM me for a more extensive walkthrough.
I’m in Toronto too. Any chance you’d be willing to do a second one in the future for something in exchange? (I’d say “money” flat out, but I don’t think we are technically allowed to conduct business here lol).
yeah. more pics up tonight, but basically i cut a small hole in the back of the case with a drill, then jigsawed and dremeled the edges until the inlet fit right in. there was some slight damage to some of the foam, but basically I just soldered the contacts on the s4 adapter straight to the contacts on the back of the c14 input, then two more from the mac charger straight to the same ports on the inlet. again, more detail and pics tonight
sure, but it is fairly simple once you have the parts. i paid about 1.89 for the adapter, and scavengered nuts and bolts, wire, and used tools i already had. adding the power cable, it only costed $15 plus 1.5hrs of my night
what is that exact adapter? and how did you run the s4 and laptop to the adapter? sorry i am learning all this stuff, this is the exact idea i was having just had no way of actually making it happen.
DigiKey is where I bought my stuff. it shipped overnight on standard shipping. surprising and exciting
as to how to how i connected the wires on, i took one of these cables, and cut off the wall part. then i stripped back the leads and soldered it directly on to the terminals of the c14 inlet. the other end fits right into any macbook chager after removing either the folding blade accessory, or the long cable.
the s4 switching adapter (black thingy that usually goes on the wall) was different. I tried to find a way to wire it to the inlet without doing so permanantly, but no such way was found by me. I ened up just soldering two wires straight to the blades (when the tip; us, euro, uk, etc was removed) and wrapped it in electrical tape. the other ends were “piggybacked” on top of the mac cord, and then finally all wrapped in electrical tape
lol, those wires are non electrical. not connected to anything. they simply limit the movement of the computer stand so that it doesn’t fall right off when i push it to the limit. i just happened to use electrical leads lying around in my basement
there is enough room in the case for a Mac power supply and the S4 wall wart? it looks much tighter than that in the pictures i have seen…
as for making it so that you don’t have to solder power leads directly to the blades of the S4 wall wart, why not snag an extension cord and cut off a chunk and wire it to IEC connector? there are heavy duty extension cords that have one grounded outlet…chop off the end you need and solder it on…
oh well, three things…
3) how much room is there from the back of the S4 to the back wall of the road case?
