Final Assemblies

The last couple things to attach are the speaker terminal and the binding post. The speaker terminal needs six holes ?four for the terminals, and two for the screws. Any size bit will do, I used a 3/16 to do the terminal holes, and also the screw holes. The terminals didn't come with screws, but fan screws work quite well. Don't over-tighten it, or it will warp the side of the project box. Installment of the binding screw shouldn't be difficult at all. Just position it where it won't interfere with the screw poles for the project box, drill the hole, and place it in the hole.

Take the soldering plate from the binding post, and use about a 5-inch wire and solder it on. Get the resistor network, and solder the 12v-in wire to the soldering plate. Place the plate on the binding post, and secure it with the nuts.

Find the ground-out wires from the switches. It shold be the top-left terminal. Run that wire, and connect each one to a speaker terminal.

Only three wires left to mess with, the incoming 12v, 5v and ground wires. Run all three wires out the project box (the leftover hole on the side). It is best if you have a couple inches to work with, but if not, you will still manage just fine. Strip off the ends of the wires, and place male Molex pins on them, secure with heatshrink. Snap the pins in the connector, and you are set with the powering side of things.

Route the LED cables out the top and bottom of the project box, and close the lid. I recommend you only use one screw to secure the box for now…because if you make a mistake, you will have to reenter the box, and the screw holes will probably strip, since they aren't made for that much usage.

Place LED's in the ends of the cables, and test the unit. If the LED's illuminate, everything has been wired correctly. Go ahead and grab a fan to test with. Plug the ground into ANY of the speaker terminals, and attach the 12v wire to the binding post. Fire ‘er up again, and see if the fan works. If it operates at full speed, and a slower speed, congratulations, you just made a Baybus that few people have successfully made. The task is not complete, yet, read on grasshoppa'…

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