I feel like this is such a huge box to hold so few of items though?
IBC tote as a projection booth
Has anybody ever used, or has considered using, a caged IBC (Intermediate Bulk Container) tote as a projection booth for house projections?
For those that may not come across the term IBC it’s normally a caged plastic tank on a pallet and the usual capacity is 1,040 litres (229 imperial gallons, 275 US gallons, with a height of 1170 mm (46 inches), base of 1200 x 1000 mm (47.25 x 39.37 inches), and an empty weight of 60.5 Kg (133.3 lb). However there are several different sizes of IBC totes. Here’s a picture of one:
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Caged IBC totes ca be bought relatively cheaply second hand and I think would make an ideal all-in-one projection booth to hold the projector, media player, amplifier, speakers, trailing sockets, leads, cables, etc needed for projecting onto a house, in addition other Halloween paraphernalia might be kept in there during the display.
I think all you would need to do is cut out a small hole in the front for the projector to use and a larger hole with a hinged (and padlocked) door to allow easy access to the equipment inside.
If you wanted to, you could decorate it, cover it with a tarpaulin and/or camouflage netting.
The IBC gives you a relatively weather proof box that is large enough to contain and protect all of the audio visual equipment necessary to project a display onto a house and to also provide security to all of the equipment as the IBC is too big to pick up by one person and it can easily be chained to a ground anchor.
Just my thoughts, if anybody has actually done this could they post a few pictures?
Regards,
For those that may not come across the term IBC it’s normally a caged plastic tank on a pallet and the usual capacity is 1,040 litres (229 imperial gallons, 275 US gallons, with a height of 1170 mm (46 inches), base of 1200 x 1000 mm (47.25 x 39.37 inches), and an empty weight of 60.5 Kg (133.3 lb). However there are several different sizes of IBC totes. Here’s a picture of one:
Caged IBC totes ca be bought relatively cheaply second hand and I think would make an ideal all-in-one projection booth to hold the projector, media player, amplifier, speakers, trailing sockets, leads, cables, etc needed for projecting onto a house, in addition other Halloween paraphernalia might be kept in there during the display.
I think all you would need to do is cut out a small hole in the front for the projector to use and a larger hole with a hinged (and padlocked) door to allow easy access to the equipment inside.
If you wanted to, you could decorate it, cover it with a tarpaulin and/or camouflage netting.
The IBC gives you a relatively weather proof box that is large enough to contain and protect all of the audio visual equipment necessary to project a display onto a house and to also provide security to all of the equipment as the IBC is too big to pick up by one person and it can easily be chained to a ground anchor.
Just my thoughts, if anybody has actually done this could they post a few pictures?
Regards,
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nice to know I'm not the only one with basic DIY skills. 
I saw on another forum, someone who used a large tote box (or you could use a large plastic ammo box) as a weatherproof projector enclosure. Hole in front covered with glass siliconed to inside. cable gland for power cable and a couple of vents for cooling. Looked simple enough.
For security they had a steel cable running thru 2 holes in the enclosure (think they were part of the enclosure) staked to the ground with those big screw thread tent pole type things.
Sorry to be a bit vague, hope you get the idea though.
I saw on another forum, someone who used a large tote box (or you could use a large plastic ammo box) as a weatherproof projector enclosure. Hole in front covered with glass siliconed to inside. cable gland for power cable and a couple of vents for cooling. Looked simple enough.
For security they had a steel cable running thru 2 holes in the enclosure (think they were part of the enclosure) staked to the ground with those big screw thread tent pole type things.
Sorry to be a bit vague, hope you get the idea though.
Hi ozaz,
Many thanks for your comments.
I think the idea of using an IBC tote as a projector booth has now been firmly thrown out of the window! Although I do like demongod's example of the use of the IBC tote cage for a display area and it should also help to protect the dispay's contents from being stolen!
I think that I do need to look for a smaller plastic tote that is lockable, in which I can drill a holes for the projector, ventilation, various cables, and security chain/cable.
Regards,
Many thanks for your comments.
I think the idea of using an IBC tote as a projector booth has now been firmly thrown out of the window!
Although I do like demongod's example of the use of the IBC tote cage for a display area and it should also help to protect the dispay's contents from being stolen! I think that I do need to look for a smaller plastic tote that is lockable, in which I can drill a holes for the projector, ventilation, various cables, and security chain/cable.
Regards,
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