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| EggZilla:
Hey guys, Here's a question that I thought maybe someone with a working knowledge of voltages and currents and the like could answer, and possibly keep me from setting my house on fire. I'm wondering if there's a practical limit to just how many things can be powered by a typical power supply. Specifically, I need to power 2 Perfect 360s (5v), 4 cold cathode tubes (I forget their draw, but they've actually come with molex connectors on them already), two Atari cone buttons (12v, I believe?) and possibly two LEDs (for the coin doors). Wiring nightmares aside, is this more than I can expect my power supply to handle? I think it's either a 300 or 350 watt supply. And speaking of wiring nightmares, here's a further question: Can I use one "set" of wires (meaning two black, one red, one yellow, all on the same molex connector) to wire both volcano switches (12v) in one two-link daisy chain to the yellow, both P360s (5V) in a second, two-link chain using the red, and then ground them using the two black wires? Or is that just asking for it? I guess the big question here is whether one can daisy-chain actual voltages the same way one daisy-chains grounds. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I don't know beans about this electrical stuff. Cheers, Eric |
| MonitorGuru:
ATARI CONE BUTTONS ARE 2V (TWO VOLT) ONLY DO NOT APPLY 12 VOLTS to an Atari cone button or you will blow the LED! Sorry for all caps but I wanted to prevent a costly mistake. Yes, you can replace the LED but then it's not original and a pain to do so. |
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