Mounting Gaugemaster WM1 on baseboard

[rope runner]

Hi All, 

 

Hopefully not too much of a difficult question - has anyone here mounted a gaugemaster WM1 output to their baseboard(s) and if so, how?  

 

The transformer is located in the "plug" and this then locates into a small PCB with jack line in (and corresponding 16V AC/12V DC outputs). The PCB is very small but there is not obvious way to mount this. I am hesitant to drill it as it is very small and the board components run close to the edge of the board. 

 

Any ideas/previous experience would be greatly appreciated. I can post photos later on today if it's unclear.

 

Many thanks

 

Paul A. 

[amdaley]

Hi Paul.

You could use double side sticky pads.

[smokebox]

You could use a cable zip tie around it through a couple of holes in the baseboard, or better still, a bracket fastened to the baseboard.

[Brian]

Double sided Sticky Fixers is simplest and so long as the baseboard has been painted or primed they should stick very well (Unpainted/unprimed wood tends to 'suck' the adhesive out of anything stuck to it over time!)

[kevinlms]

You could use a cable zip tie around it through a couple of holes in the baseboard, or better still, a bracket fastened to the baseboard.

Going slightly off topic, but I often use empty cable ties stapled onto the baseboard. Great for threading wires through and you can tighten them later, once completed.

[DCB]

I wouldn't give the thing house room.  I use decent rectifiers rated at 5 amps or more and forget them, they just work for 30 odd years and have a nice hole in the middle for a screw.   In the unlikely event I used the module I would make an enclosure for it and or attach it with hot glue mainly around the edges of the PCB