Which involves bending, cutting, providing a mounting method, and so on. It's amazing how much a little piece of metal will cost.....
But yeah, that's what I'm thinking if I go down that path. On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > A blank cover plate? > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm thinking about this as an option. The question then becomes what to >> do with the empty holes? >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Roland Houin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> how about selling unit with 1 module set & allow us to expand to full >>> capacity. >>> that way I can standardize even small sites, which can grow.. >>> >>> Roland >>> >>> > Well, it looks like it might actually be finally happening. >>> >>> We are about 98% sure we have a rackmount enclosure manufacturer which >>> we can >>> work with. Domestic. Product looks decent. Price is right. >>> >>> Which means it's time to nail down a few details here, such as number of >>> ports, >>> so I can get some enclosures cut and boards made and hopefully get this >>> elephant out of the room.... >>> >>> So I need some input: >>> >>> The rough figures I'm working with here is $800 for a 18 port rackmount >>> power >>> injector. Voltage and pinning jumper selectable per port. Per-port >>> control of >>> power and sync. Probably some redundant power and other things built in, >>> but >>> I'm still nailing those details down (a lot of it comes down to space on >>> the >>> front panel of the enclosure). >>> >>> PLEASE NOTE: The prices here are soft - until I get the design completed >>> I won't >>> know what I can sell this for - as many of you know I try to price >>> things at a >>> fair price as opposed to what the market will bear. >>> >>> The main questions I have for the list are: >>> >>> Is 18 the correct number of ports? 18 is looking like about the most I >>> can fit >>> based on front panel dimensions. This corresponds to 3 blocks of 6 ports >>> (if >>> you lose a port and need to replace it, you'd replace 6 at a time). >>> >>> Other options are 16 (4 blocks of 4), and pretty much any smaller >>> quantities of >>> ports which are divisible by 4 or 6. >>> >>> I guess what I'm really asking here is whether the 18 port version for >>> $800 is >>> the only version of this I should make or carry, or does it make sense >>> to sell >>> (as an example) an 8 port version for $400 instead of or in addition to >>> this? >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Forrest Christian CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc. >>> >>> Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 >>> [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com >>> >>> < >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* >> Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 >> [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com >> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> >> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> >> >> > -- *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux>
