Homemade fan controller wiring Q???

'm the process of modding my PC and I need some help...

I plan to build a homemade fan controller for my CPU fan, 3 case fans
and a cold cathode tube. I need to find somewhere in the UK that
sells a single rheostat dial (usually on a PCI backplate). This will
be dismantled and then (re)mounted into a 5.25" bezel for a front bay.
Anybody know where I can get a good one?

Also I will mount 4 toggle switches (from Maplin) into the bezel. 3
to turn the power on and off to 3 case fans. And the last switch for
the cold cathode tube. Now here's the question....

The 3 case fans I wish to turn on and off will also be conected to an
Akasa Fan Controller. So the red and black power cables will first go
into the toggle switches and then out to the fans themselves. Thus
allowing me to switch them on and off, even when the PC's on. The
speed cable (usually blue) will bypass the toggle switches altogether.
Is this a sound idea? And will it work? If so, what sort of toggle
switch (voltage/tolerance specs, etc should I get or doesn't really
matter?


Cheers,

Darth Joules