Re: Very cheap molded enclosures?

Hello Frank,

That's a daft idea. The holes would always be in the wrong place, or
even worse, slightly misplaced. The plugs would cost 2 cents which you
find too expensive.


Nope. One can always design a circuit board so they line up with whatever the enclosure demands. It's probably what we are going to do if we can strike a deal with a company that uses a suitable enclosure for something totally different.


Products come to fruition because some companies have the guts to
get on with it.

If you plan to make a 10k-20k/year of these boxes, you should at least
have the guts to buy 1000 cases at *whatever* it costs to see if your
product flies. You are *making* it an impossible project, because you
want to make profit on the first box.


Well, I guess you haven't yet lived through a venture capital start-up phase. It's rough out here. Neither you nor I make such decisions, the guys with the Armani suits do.


Did you buy a few of those cable testers? No, of course not. You're
not even prepared to buy them, rip them apart, to 'massage' your own
creativity, and to see what happens, to see if it sprouts other ideas.
You only see elephants that crush your boxes, you only see 9V batteries
that you don't like, warranty claims, stickers that were too expensive,
and what have you.


These tester didn't look too appealing except one. But how do you know I didn't buy and rip stuff? I have ripped numerous parts that are used by rock bands and found some that might work. Some less than $10, BTW. Plus toys, plus...


Make 1000 boxes for $15 a piece, and sell them for $5. You can save
a buck if you drill them yourself, using a steel template/rig, if
that makes you sleep better. The $10.000 loss on the first batch
is just an investment.


Now go and tell that to the VC. There is a whole lot more than those $10k involved. Right off the bat you can't even test market stuff without a slew of agency approvals. And, you know, that costs. Since you live in Europe you should know how bad bureaucratic hurdles for start-ups can be. WEEE and things like that.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
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