Power terminal block thingy?

[norty303]

I saw someones projector on here a while ago and it used a sort of mains terminal block where it had a live and neutral rail with a series of push or screw terminals along each rail. It looked like such a neat solution, but I'd struggling to find them because I don't know what to search for.
At the moment I'm having to splice wires into the mains inlet of the projector as I change things and its just not very good!
Please note, I don't mean chocblock.

[QUAZAR]

These are good if you only need a 3 way block.

RS 465-637

[dave321]

hi,
how about these, very useful !!
RS Stock No. 465-637 Catalogue page 2 - 2622

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/s...C40A&x=16&y=12

dave321

[dave321]

i was just pipped to the post

dave321

[Xytrell]

They're also called terminal strips. I don't know if radioshacks exist in england, but a comparable electronic store should carry them. I usually get these kinds (except longer - like 12) and cut them to length so I have just enough terminals. It looks like whoever this is did the same.

[norty303]

@Xytrell - that is what we call chockblock over here and isn't what I'm after really. I think it might have been Daniel Briggs had a photo of his projector and he had a terminal block that had 2 rails with 4 or 6 terminals on each 'rail'. At the end of each rail you connected the live or neutral, and then you could use each terminal to connect a separate piece of equipment. So in a projector you could have scanner PSU to one live terminal, green PSU live to another, red PSU live to another, etc. It means you can take out/put in pieces of equipment easily without having to disturb a connection that has 3 or 4 wires all going to a single connector.

[KGB]

Maybe This?



http://cgi.ebay.com/20-AMP-Power-Acc...item5d2704e34c

Its what I use in my projector.

[loopee]

Hey Norty303

You could make your own

[Mr.Coffee]

You might be thinking of "Din rail", that is a sort of configurable mounting system.
you could also look for insulated buss bars, as that sounds like what you're looking for.