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Drive bay switches

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mrwill

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I was looking for some accessories and saw a device I thought was a neat idea, but now I cannot find it. The device was like a drive bay fan controller except it had 4 switches instead of the knobs and the switches were attached to 4 molex type connectors on the back. Has anyone seen anything like that as I cannot find it anywhere?
 
Yes I have seen them before. I think slider is what you need to add to narrow down your serch since they use a slide adjustment rather then knob.
 
Thanks I found what I was looking for. It is a Lamptron Baybus. There are 5 switches that can handle 100 watts per switch. I was thinking of using it to switch hard drives on and off. Even though SATA drives can do this, it's probably best to only switch them while the system is off. The other thing I noticed is that the red wire goes straight through and only the yellow wire goes through the switch, so not all power to the drive would be turned off.
 
In fact I may just try to make my own. I found some switches that are rated for 16 amps at 125 volts. I know that the drives are 12 volt, but the startup surge for a typical drive is 2.8 amps. Anybody know if the switches should work?

Edit: I found a formula for this. It is Watts= Amps x Volts

So, for the drive assume 3A @12 volts = 36 watts. For the switch, it is 16A @ 125 V, so Watts = 2000
So, the switch is more than enough for almost any drive. Is this correct?

Not to beat this to death, but the Lamptron uses only a single pole switch. Here is a LINK to the product.
If I use a double pole switch like this - LINK, I can turn both 5V and 12V lines off. Sounds like I am talking myself into making my own.

Lots of assumptions here, but does this sound right?
 
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