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Define Dream Deliver Debrief

Define

while testing the lights in our house, we found connecting the right wires to be difficult. A lot of our wires are different lengthes due to us testing and moving things around. When it all needs to come together to meet the terminals of the battery, it gets all weird. Having to hold all the wires comfortably and organized with the battery feels like juggling.

Dream

-Create a box that can hold the battery. Box would be vertical to hold the battery upright. design two holes the size of pins, pins go through holed side of box and the house to support itself.

-Create a staps that can hold everything in place. Straps would go through the walls in the house (many cons…) house would have a bunch of holes in it\ how do we make them flexible\ prevent them from snapping while installing them?

-Create a flat square with two holes in it, one for the negative end of the battery, and the other for the postive end. We could place our important wires (the ins and outs) through the coresponding holes to keep them neat and organized.

-Create a platform that can support weight of the battery\ hold in up right flat square a little bigger than the size of the battery. would need to print “railings”\a short border around the square just tall enough to stop the battery from slipping off  platform would also need to be designed with a supporting to carry out purpose (supporting weight of battery)

-Stairs ? similar idea as the platform, but may have easier time supporting itself because its touching the ground. This design also has decorative element to it.

Deliver

Our group decided on creating both a box and a wire organizer (ideas 1 and 3) create a box that can hold the battery. The box would sit vertically to hold the battery upright. Design two holes the size of pins, pins go through holed side of box and the house to support itself. -Create a flat square with two holes in it, one for the negative end of the battery, and the other for the postive end. We could place our important wires (the ins and outs) through the coresponding holes to keep them neat and organized.

Debrief

The idea did not go exactly as planned… the first time we printed our box the measurments were just half a centimeter too small for the battery. The second time, I forgot to redesign the bottom of the box after fixing the measurements. When we finally got an good print, we found positioning the box horizontally to be easier. If we held the box veritcally, the battery’s ternimals would be just out of reach for our wires.  The holes meant to support the box no longer had a use after that. Instead, we hot glued our box to the house. The wire orangizer also did’nt really work, but it fit perfectly as a cover for our battery with holes just large enough for the important bits (the terminals) to fit through. Even with the idea of creating the organizer, the different lengthes and resting postitions of the pathways was still a problem. There was still no way to keep all of them where they need to be without accidentally breaking the circuit in another area. I think the only solution for it would to be to rebuild the circuit using more flexible\long wires. In the end our box, though not used as planned carried out its purpose sucessfully. If we were to do it all again, I think I’d try the platform idea and adjust it to the problems we faced with this design. We could make the platfrom long, but with a stronger support. The way the battery is held but can move if needed fluency video