[Chugalug] OT: Anyone of you guys good with electrical circuits?

[Jason Brown]

So you want mains (110v-120v) standard 3 prong electrical outlets in a 
5.25" drive bay?

Possible, but might introduce some noise, it also might not.
There is risk involved, but mostly to your computer equipment. If there 
is every a short to your case your computer is toast and most likely 
every thing in it and attached to it.

Since you have limited electrical knowledge I would recommend this route:

Buy a cord like this one: 
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM2407065603P

Get a 5.25" bay and front panel, cut out the shape needed, glue the cord 
in flush with a glue of your choice.

Run the cord out the back of your PC somehow.  You might have a cutout 
large enough to pass it through.

Install a rubber grommet or other protector around the cord where it 
exits the case (Sharp edges, you don't want that cutting into the 
extension cord. 
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/DOR3/02365/N0282.oap?ck=Search_grommet_-1_-1&keyword=grommet

Alternately:
If you don't need much power, and want it to only run while the PC is 
turned on you could wire in one of these to your 12v Rails:
http://www.harborfreight.com/80-watt-continuous-power-inverter-66972.html (or 
similar, keep it small < 100 watts).

Microphone:
Here is some info on wiring electret microphones.
http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/microphone_powering.html#basics
I am sure someone sells an off the shelf version but I don't have the 
time to search for it right now.

Good luck, and send us pictures!

--Jason





--Jason

On 02/08/2013 01:59 AM, Lynn Dixon wrote:
> I have a pretty nifty project that I have been thinking about doing, 
> but its a bit out of my electrical circuit knowledge.
>
> In a nutshell, I would like to mod one of my 5.25" bays on my PC to 
> house jacks that I can plug my aviation headset into.   There is a 
> pretty good difference in impedance between aviation headsets and PC 
> audio.  There is also a challenge in driving the electret mic in the 
> headset using the PC mic input.
>
> Bonus:  If I can plug this modded panel into my motherboards front 
> panel audio input, that would be awesome.
>
> If anyone of you guys are good with basic electrcal circuits give me a 
> shout.  I can spring for dinner / beer if your willing to help.  Hell, 
> I will even be president for a Chugalug meeting if we can get enough 
> folks together to discuss this :)
>
> Sorry for the off topic post to the LUG.
>
>
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