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Hello,

John has just posted in the Machines & Hardware forum of AmayaUsers Discussion
Boards under the title of Amaya Cart Stand Power - Life Hack.

This thread is located at
http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/showthread.php?6162-Amaya-Cart-Stand-Power-Life-Hack

Here is the message that has just been posted:
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So, after years of owning our machines and reaching around the back to turn on
the power, I got tired of it the other day. Plus, I wanted to protect the
machines with some in line surge protection in addition to that provided by the
UPS we plug them into. Yeah, I'm cautious like that... new boards will kill
you if they need replacing.

So I went to home depot & purchased 4 Defiant 6-Outlet Surge Protectord with 6
ft. Cord - Black for our 4 machines.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Defiant-6-Outlet-Surge-Protector-with-6-ft-Cord-Black-YLPT-43B-6FT/205607071

Next step was to permanently attach them to the legs of the Amaya cart. You'll
need to find screws that fit - I recommend doing that while at home depot so
you can test the fit with the back of the surge protector. Flat head Philips
head machine screws are what I settled on.

Then when I got home, I traced a template from the back of the protectors so I
knew where to drill the holes. Would have been nice if they provided that -
but they didn't.

Once the holes were drilled, I put in the screws and test fit. Even though I
thought my templates were good, they weren't as good as I thought and I needed
adjust the depth I had screwed in the screws - and also had to file away a bit
on the holes on the back of the power supply plastic to get things to fit.
With some patience, I got it to hang quite sturdily. As you can imagine - I
got better with each machine ;)

Attachment 100
(http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=100)

Here you can see where I mounted the power strips. I plugged the cord in the
top most outlet to try and keep it out of the way of the storage area as much
as possible.

I then threaded both the machine cord coming from back to front and the power
cord going from front to back thru the side of the machine. I thought about
placing wire clips etc to keep it neater but in the end, this worked fine.

Attachment 98
(http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=98)

To keep things neat and tidy, and to keep the cords from dangling, I then did a
circular wrap of the Amaya power cord and zip tied.

Attachment 99
(http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=99)

Below - you can see a close up view of the finished strip mounted to the leg.

Attachment 97
(http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=97)

Overall, it turned out well - and I'm not really sure why I waited 10 years to
do this!

Just wanted to share my #AmayaHack with all of you.

Would love to hear ways you have made your life easier using our machines!
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