superbenny
New Member
So I'm just getting into electronics, and as my first project, I want to make a switch box that will turn the "party lights" on in my basement. they will consist of various consumer light banks, strobes, black lights, and random other lights. I want to make a switch box that will make turning it all on EPIC.
So for the switch box, I was thinking of (on a hobby box) having three switches (here) and as they are switched, have them light up LEDs above them. then under that, have some sort of EPIC button that will turn it all on.
heres an image i threw together (sorry for the awful paint job, the actual image im working on in illustrator/photoshop isnt available currently)
**broken link removed**
in the image the three red boxes are the toggle switches, the blue circles are the LEDs that would be illuminated by each toggle, and the big red circle is the EPIC button.
so what i'm asking, from a logistics standpoint is: how do i do it?
like i said this is my first project, and i have no idea how to go about doing this. there will probably be high voltage running thru this, so that needs to be taken into consideration. possibly have this circuit activate a different circuit that handles the voltage of the lights? i dont even know if that's possible.
also, i need to know how to go about wiring the actual box. the lights need to be independant from one another and wired to each individual switch. then the epic switch shouldnt be able to work unless the three switches are all activated.
again, i have no idea what im doing, so explanations to everything would be fantastic.
thanks in advance,
superbenny
So for the switch box, I was thinking of (on a hobby box) having three switches (here) and as they are switched, have them light up LEDs above them. then under that, have some sort of EPIC button that will turn it all on.
heres an image i threw together (sorry for the awful paint job, the actual image im working on in illustrator/photoshop isnt available currently)
**broken link removed**
in the image the three red boxes are the toggle switches, the blue circles are the LEDs that would be illuminated by each toggle, and the big red circle is the EPIC button.
so what i'm asking, from a logistics standpoint is: how do i do it?
like i said this is my first project, and i have no idea how to go about doing this. there will probably be high voltage running thru this, so that needs to be taken into consideration. possibly have this circuit activate a different circuit that handles the voltage of the lights? i dont even know if that's possible.
also, i need to know how to go about wiring the actual box. the lights need to be independant from one another and wired to each individual switch. then the epic switch shouldnt be able to work unless the three switches are all activated.
again, i have no idea what im doing, so explanations to everything would be fantastic.
thanks in advance,
superbenny