> I'd imagine so, yes, as Dieter said he's not making a profit on them. But
> I meant for the case where someone doesn't need a full box, just the rack
> ears and rails. I think that should be cheaper by buying the parts from a
> company like schroff, since you don't buy the side panels or support
> structure

I dont know where you are in the world, but here in the uk, farnell, i think, sells schroff parts. If its not schroff that they do,
its another company making subracks (like, for instance, vero, or rittal)

Even if youre not able to buy from farnell, then you should at least be able to get an idea of cost, all be it in some foreign
currency ; )

Schroff, for example, probably dosnt list prices on their own website.

The bits youll need are, the horizantal rails, the tapped inserts, and somthing to support these rails, normally the side pannels.
I dont know how all the configurations of the schroff racks work - it ^may^ be that you can use only the ears to support the rails,
but dont assume this without checking first. You may find the sort of situation where the ears attatch to the sides, that in turn
attatch to the horizantal rails. I dont know - as i say, just make sure.

How are you planning to distribute power In some sort of 'star' configuration, direct from the psu Remember then that youll
probably have to build custon cables, and hence buy a load of new IEC connectors for them, which alone add cost (yeah, i know, not a
lot, but just add it all up before hand to make sure its actually working out cheaper, if thats your motivation :)

Dont get me wrong - im not trying to put you off at all, im simply warning that there are costs that are not so obvious, that, when
you write them all down and add them all up, may sway your ideas.



That said though. A quick look on ebay turns up item number 3878616533. I dont know if this is good to go, but it has the part
number there. It has no rack ears, but that may be fine for some people. And look at the price...

Is there enough of a lip outside the tapped strip I dont know, but look at scrhoffs site, and im sure you can find the part number
of that horizantal rail from the main part number. Then you can find out for sure, etc.etc.etc. You maybe might find that you can
add some rack ears to those side pannels - im not saying you can, but its all modular (generally), and you just need to look up
those part numbers....

A long post, i know. Im sure you get what im saying ; )

Julian