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I got the idea for this from Afrotechmods.
He made his a little fancier with the LED to show that the power was on,
but I didn't feel that that was necessary. I decided to mount mine on a
2 x 4 block, and add a coil for holding a soldering iron. I hate putting
the soldering iron on a stand that moves easily across the table. Also,
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I started out with a bunch of stuff I had lying
around the house: wire nuts, scraps of wood, some romex cable, and an old
dimmer switch. All I needed to buy was an outlet, a gang box, a length of
extension cord, and a replacement end for an extension cord. |
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First, knock out the circle in the back and put the cable
clamp in it. |
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Strip off the insulation on one end of the extension cord.
Connect the green wire (ground) to the round prong, Connect the White wire
to the silver-ish prong, and connect the black wire to the gold-ish prong.
Now feed the jacket over the connections and screw it together. |
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| Feed the wires through, separate them and strip
off the insulation. One side of the outlet should be gold-ish and the other
should be silver-ish. Connect the white wire from the extension cord to
the silver terminal. Connect the ground from the extension cord to the green
screw on the corner of the outlet. |
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Connect the red wire from the dimmer switch to the gold
side, and twist the 2 black wires (dimmer and extension cord) together with
a wire nut. Wrap the connections with electrical tape and screw everything
down into the gang box. |
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| Straighten out a wire coat hanger and measure
about 7 inches from the end. Clamp it at a slight angle to a broomstick
and start winding it around it. If the coils are uneven, just twist the
wire tighter and squish it down. The coils will tighten up. |
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Bend the wires downward in the same direction,
so the coil will sit up on an angle. Bend the coil outwards a couple times
to make feet that are easy to attach to the board. |
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I used cable staples to attach the coil. These are like a finishing nail
that's bent into a U. They come loose in a box and you hammer them down.
I put a couple extra on the corners to make sure the hanger wouldn't slide
around under the staples.
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