Project Enclosure (3x2x1")

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Hey Crazy Mike: the ribs are for mounting small circuit boards vertically allowing for more boards to be placed in the box. The mounting holes in the bottom are an odd distance. Screws for mounting a board in the box would be nice or at least a blurb on the packaging to say what size screw is needed.
Screws for closing the lid are a little long. Cannot understand why they keep placing this box on clearance!

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How about a box with a separate battery compartment - with a battery access door?

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This is a good plastic project box that fits well. Forget the aluminum lid, though, because it does not fit well and will get stuck inside the box.

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There's lots of PCB mounting options, but the packaging doesn't have dimensions of the mounting holes. So I had to get my calipers out and measure it myself. It looks like they are 1.5" x 1.25". With the availability of free CAD software, it would make sense for you guys to have a drawing on-line.

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The circuit boards sold by RS do not fit!

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You know what I hate? I hate when something is just an RCH from working correctly.

Right now, I've got two desks that I wanted to put together against the wall in a bedroom but they are about 2" too long to fit.

I've also got this box.

It appeared perfect for my needs. At 3" x 2" it's nice and small but at 1" deep it's also deep enough to fit a pot or switch or plug or something. It's also got 4 tiny (~1mm) little feet and it comes with an optional 3" x 2" metal plate so you're not stuck with the basic black box. I've got an application that I wanted to make as small as possible and this box seemed like the perfect choice.

I fit my circuit to one of their Mini Boards with 213 Holes (Model: 276-148| Catalog #: 276-148), which is 1 3/4" square. It should fit into the box. Heck, it does fit into the box - but only for about the first 3/16" (~4mm) down. From there to the bottom of the inside of the box are 2 sets of 2, approximately 0.05" (~2mm) vertical ribs molded into the sides preventing the board to fit down to the mounting holes. Their 1 3/4" square board won't go more than 3/16" into this box! The sides of the box are more than 1 3/4" apart but these ribs are in the way! It's driving me crazy! And the thing is, the ribs serve no purpose. They would be horizontal if they were supposed to stiffen the sides of the box (which are strong enough that they don't need it anyway) and even if they were supposed to support 2" or 3" x 3/4" boards, they are slightly too far apart to hold the boards firmly and they would be perpendicular to the mounting holes.

So now I get to either trim the board, which would be a bad idea since I've already got my circuit built on it, or try to cut out these ribs, which promises to be a true adventure in a little box like this.

A pox upon whoever decided to put those ribs in there and on whoever said, "Good idea!" I can almost hear them now, chuckling at me as they sit poolside sipping their cool drinks with the little umbrellas.

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I use the enclosure for a terminal connector inside. I drill holes in three of the sides with rubber grommets and run wires through it, but it is the perfect size for a junction box on the back of my solar panels. It also has the perfect appearance. Not bulky like other junction boxes.
Please don't quite making this product.

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I find these project boxes perfect for terminating solar panel wires and encapsulating a required diode. Small enough to be inexpensive but adequate to the job.

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It would be nice if RadioShack sold a kit with a project box and matching PC board because none of the boards they have match the built in standoffs in the project boxes.