Build-Week Buy / Return List — 2026-07-27
Everything needed to build the enclosures + mounting assemblies next week, per the v9 assembly sheets (#110/#111) and the v9 electrical design (no fuse blocks; bucks only in the five 24 V-only boxes; QILIPSUs = tap pods). Cross-checked against receipts/ and the wiki shopping list. Prices ≈ current listings; order Mon 07-28 for arrival inside the week.
🔴 CONFIRM FIRST — schedule-critical, not in receipts
| Item | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Mean Well PSU master order — 34 units (14× HLG-320H-24, 12× HLG-600H-24B, 6× HLG-185H-12, 2× HLG-320H-12) | ✅ DONE — ordered + in hand (Hunter, 2026-07-30) | Complete, no further action. Handled/paid by Hunter (not a John-reimbursement line). |
| Spirelet/wash flood fixtures ×~48 (WS2811 12 V 10 W, xConnect) | ✅ Planned — on tomorrow’s separate AliExpress order → Reno (August), with more cable | Not an enclosure part; the 12 V rails + 22 holders exist to feed them. Playa-install, so the Reno/August window is fine (~$480–720, Ray Wu / AliExpress). See AliExpress → Reno below. |
🛒 BUY — grouped by vendor
One row = one thing to put in a cart. Add up a vendor’s rows, place one order. Prices ≈ current listings. The PSUs and fixtures are the two CONFIRM-FIRST orders above (Mean Well via TRC; fixtures via Ray Wu/AliExpress) — not repeated here.
🛒 Amazon
Most of this was placed 7/29 → Hunter — orders 113-7021697-7679451 (arrives Sat) + 113-7704412-1513018 (arrives Mon). Still outstanding: the 🔴 rows (bucks, 5 A fuse boxes, mounting hardware).
| Item | Qty | ~$ | Status / Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Zulkit box 8.7 × 6.7 × 4.3 in — front/back-E + major boxes | 4 | $80 | ✅ Ordered 7/29 ($19.98 ea) → Hunter |
| Big Zulkit box 11.42 × 7.48 × 5.51 in — minor-arch boxes | 2 | $60 | ✅ Ordered 7/29 ($29.99 ea) → Hunter |
| Buck 24→12 V — B08D876FTC (39 × 25 × 21 mm — tiny; powers only the SR board logic, ~1 A) — 5 used (back-E ×2, minor ×2, major ×1) + 5 spare | 10 | $139 | ✅ Ordered 7/29 (10 @ $12.99 = $138.50) → Hunter, arrives Sat — order 113-3644163-5705864. Assembly sheets updated to the real footprint (frees box space). ✅ logged to expenses. |
| SIM&NAT 130-pc blade-fuse assortment (7.5 / 3 / 2 A + some 15 A) | 1 | $11 | ✅ Ordered 7/29 ($10.99) → Hunter |
| 5 A blade fuses — standard ATC, 100-pack — the ~100× 5 A workhorse (every globe / wash / spirelet / rose-branch tap) | 100 | $14 | ✅ Ordered 7/30 — Chanzon 100× 5 A (2× 50-pk) → Hunter (order 113-9456484-7397053). + ~10 in the assortment kit. ✅ logged to expenses. |
| Bussmann ATC-15 (15 A) 5-pack — quad + rose-trunk taps | 2 | $14 | ✅ Ordered 7/29 ($6.59 ea) → Hunter |
| PG16 nylon cable gland 20-pk | 1 pk (20) | $13 | ✅ Ordered 7/29 (AMPELE, $12.99) → Hunter — ⚠️ list wanted ~30; you now have 20 new + 12 on-hand PG16 + 20 PG13.5. Add a 2nd 20-pk if the feed glands run short |
| 12 AWG silicone wire — red + black (2-conductor) — 15 A quad taps + 4 rose far-end trunks | 50 ft | $69 | ✅ Ordered 7/29 (BNTECHGO, 2× 25 ft) → Hunter — ⚠️ tight: the 4 rose trunks alone ≈ 52 ft (4× 4 m); add a 25-ft spool if the quad taps need any |
| 18 AWG silicone wire — red — extend holder leads + 5/3/2 A jumpers | 200 ft | $30 | ✅ Ordered 7/29 (ZIGPEO 200 ft) → Hunter |
| 🔴 Mounting hardware — M4 bolts/nuts/washers (~50) + #8 wood screws + fender washers | assortment | $30 | STILL TO BUY — Amazon or Home Depot |
| Metal zip ties — 304 SS, 14 in, ~300 lb, 100-pk — hang panels to scaffold tubes | 100 | $15 | ✅ Ordered 7/29 (XINGO 100-pk, $14.99) → Hunter |
🔩 Digi-Key — WAGO 221 lever nuts — ✅ ORDERED 7/31 (→ Hunter, order 100736688, UPS 2-day)
| Item | Qty | Status | |—|—|—| | WAGO 221-412 (2-way) | 50 | ✅ ordered | | WAGO 221-413 (3-way) | 50 | ✅ ordered | | WAGO 221-415 (5-way) | 25 | ✅ ordered | | WAGO total (incl. ship + tax) | | $95.37 — ✅ logged to expenses |
🔌 Inline fuse holders — ✅ ORDERED 7/30 (Shimeyao waterproof ATC, Amazon → Hunter, order 113-9456484-7397053)
All waterproof — supersedes the earlier Powerwerx + Sherco plan.
| Item | Qty | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 10 + 12 AWG holders — 15 A circuits (quad taps + rose trunks) | 24× 10 AWG + 48× 12 AWG | ✅ ordered (waterproof) — Powerwerx not needed |
| 16 AWG holders — 5 / 3 / 2 A branches (+ 7.5 A front wash) | 96× 16 AWG | ✅ ordered (waterproof) |
| Outdoor / sealed — pods + rose-center split (5 A, exposed) | ~34 | ⚠️ likely covered — the Shimeyao holders are all waterproof; use the 16 AWG for the outdoor 5 A pods/rose-split. Buy dedicated sealed holders only if their seal isn’t rugged enough. |
🔌 Altelix — ✅ ORDERED 7/31 (order 228126)
| Item | Qty | Status | |—|—|—| | HG25B-4X 4-port cable gland (PG25) — box outputs (have 31 + these 10 = 41 vs ~36 needed) | 10 | ✅ ordered — $89.65 incl. ship. ✅ logged to expenses. |
🌹 Scott LED USA — rose petal DATA leads — ✅ ORDERED 7/31 (→ Hunter, order SLU01608, UPS 2-day)
| Item | Qty | Status | |—|—|—| | xConnect extension leads, 20 ft, round wire — rose petal DATA (SR box → rose center) | 20 (16 + 4 spare) | ✅ ordered — $120 (incl. ship). 20 ft verified safe for the SR→first-pixel data run (Falcon forum #15527); actual run ~4 m. ✅ logged to expenses. |
🪵 Lowe’s / Home Depot (in-store)
| Item | Qty | ~$ | Buy | |—|—|—|—| | ½-in exterior BC plywood, 4 × 8 ft sheet — 12 panels per the cut list (nest in ~2.4 sheets) | 3 | $165 | ½-in BC sanded pine ~$55/sheet |
~$905 placed to date (Amazon → Hunter: build kit $296.20 + 15 A fuses $14.06 + bucks $138.50 + fuse holders & 5 A fuses $147.41; Digi-Key WAGO $95.37; Scott LED rose data leads $120.00; Altelix glands $89.65). Still to buy (~$355): mounting hardware + plywood + 40× Leviton 515PV AC plugs (~$160 — sourced 7/24, never ordered). Excl. PSUs (✅ done), fixtures, and the AliExpress → Reno items below.
Rose fork rails, resolved 08-05: the 7.62 mm MECCANIXITY strips did not fit (boards measure 3/8 in fork centers) — RETURN the 20-pack. Replacement ordered: uxcell 9.5 mm 6-pos dual-row blocks ×10, $15.56, arriving Fri 08-08 (clamp one board before drilling).
🚚 AliExpress → Reno (arrives August — playa supplies, separate from the build-week subtotal)
Longer-lead / playa-install items, shipped to Reno for pickup on the way in (not needed for the NYC enclosure build).
On the AliExpress order going in now:
| Item | Qty | ~$ | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| xConnect T-connectors — 3-pin power-injection tees — splice inline to feed V+ at arch mid/peak points + quad far corners, no strip cut (major 10 + minor 10 + quads ~4–10 = need 24–30; have 12) | ~16 | AliExpress (cheaper than the ~$128 Amazon line) | ⚠️ confirm xConnect-compatible 3-pin (must mate the 12 ALITOVE on hand). Playa-install → Reno/August timing is fine. |
Separate AliExpress order — placing tomorrow (also → Reno):
| Item | Qty | ~$ | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirelet/wash flood fixtures (WS2811 12 V 10 W, xConnect) | ~48 | ~$480–720 | Ray Wu / AliExpress |
| More cable — spec tomorrow | — | — | ❓ which cable — rose petal extension leads (currently Scott LED → Hunter), or general LED/bulk? |
↩️ RETURN
| Item | Qty | Why | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck converters, 150 × 80 × 18 mm (5.91 × 3.15 × 0.71 in) | all 15 | Don’t fit any box; replaced by the 10 A golf-cart class (item 3) | Amazon return (delivered ~07-22) |
| Barrier terminal block (first one bought) | 1 | Wrong pitch for the SRx1-PSU forks (enclosures.md 07-23 note) | Amazon return |
🚫 DO NOT BUY (were on earlier lists — now obsolete)
- Blue Sea 5025 fuse blocks (~11 planned, ~$240) — zero needed; every box uses labeled inline holders + WAGO blocks (v9).
- GND busbars (~4) — the WAGO GND commons replaced them.
- LeMotech pod boxes (~11, ~$110) — the 9 on-hand QILIPSUs become the tap pods.
- Compact 63×27 buck modules — superseded by the 10 A class (item 3).
✅ Already covered (receipts verified)
Big Zulkit ×4 + hub box + QILIPSU ×9 · 41× HG25B-4X 4-port glands (31 + 10 Altelix 7/31) · Cat6 glands/couplers · pigtails (85 F + 60 M after Scott LED 07-25) · nylon cable-bundling zip ties ×2 orders (the structural stainless ties are a new buy above) · SRx1-PSU fork rails (uxcell 9.5 mm ×10, 8/5) · T-connectors ×12 of ~28.
⚠️ NOT covered (a previous rev of this line wrongly said so): AC input plugs. 40× Leviton 515PV (sourced 7/24, never ordered) — see the shopping list AC-plugs section. On #118.
Sources: v9 assembly sheets + build/panels.md (quantities), receipts/ (status), wiki shopping-list.md sourcing (links/prices). The wiki shopping list was rewritten to v9 on 2026-07-27 and links here; this list is also published on the wiki as Build-Week Buy / Return.