Pretty common thing in a few past venues I have been in, however, you have a few glaring issues.
Lets let the community name them....
all good suggestions, though I checked and the switches are rated to 20A, not sure where they were purchased.
I am interested in rebuilding/improving this as it had to be put together on a rather tight schedule.
Don't take this as a slam at all. It is a great solution and oddly enough one that kind of harkens back to the days of Patch bays instead of Soft patches. But it is always good to know where improvements can be made. My biggest issue would be the plywood box as the whole point of enclosing electrical connections is to reduce the chance of sparks comming in contact with combustables.
Vaguely reminds me of a product a little company named Production Arts Lighting used to rent back in the dark ages. It's a shame we don't have anyone around here who knows anything about that....so our TD fashioned this handy little switcher box. Worked quite well, and a nice solution for anyone with the same problem. ...
Agreed. The wooden enclosure with no strain relief is numero uno. In order to do that properly, you need to mount it all in a metal enclosure and get proper strain relief. As of right now any safety/electrical inspector is going to have a heart attack if they see that... and for really good reason. Its extremely unsafe and the odds of a fire happening due to this piece of "gear" is very high.
Do you not have shoebox dimmer s up there in AUS? How about any other appliance or luminaire in a metal case?...You've made the earthing dependeant on a plug being connected which under my code is not cool. ...
Vaguely reminds me of a product a little company named Production Arts Lighting used to rent back in the dark ages. It's a shame we don't have anyone around here who knows anything about that.
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These used a magnificent Leviton 20A tungsten rated metal handle SPST panel mount toggle switch which was very low cost and very long life. I don't think it is made any more.
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