Re: Very cheap molded enclosures?

Hello Carl,

... We also do some boxes with LED displays where the LEDs are on a PC board behind a hole in a metal box, with a stick on label on the outside. The label has solid color regions, all the lettering, and clear windows over the LEDs. We punch holes for switches to stick through. Sounds great, but, in 100's for a 4"x8" label they are several dollars each which kills your budget. ...


Sounds familiar. I priced out translucent labels 15 years ago and still remember that sticker shock. We then used the silk screening route.


... Then start offering semi-custom boxes for other people who have the same needs as you do now :-).


I strongly believe there is a market and that many products never come to fruition because the enclosure costs are breaking the deal. So there should be a healthy market. I really don't know why box mfgs don't offer boxes with some standard size holes in them for switches, potmeters, LEDs. Then they could offer plugs for those holes that you don't want and it should be the often cited win-win situation.

Regards, Joerg

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