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| javeryh:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on February 21, 2012, 04:03:05 pm ---Time to find a new hobby, son. --- End quote --- LOL. I know my lines aren't right but this just shows you my knowledge level (none). --- Quote from: Unstupid on February 21, 2012, 04:14:55 pm --- --- Quote from: javeryh on February 21, 2012, 04:00:01 pm --- --- Quote from: pinballjim on February 21, 2012, 03:12:54 pm ---Power the monitor and speakers off of your PC power supply. :P --- End quote --- That sounds... dangerous. To me at least. I am scared of electricity. This is what I want to do... if possible... does this work? I have no idea what I'm doing here... --- End quote --- Actually what PBJ suggested is not dangerous... There is plenty of power in a PC supply to run a monitor and speakers... What you drew up on the other hand is dangerous...your ground is not on the correct pin, also on the back of the receptacle you have to wire the hot leads to the switch before you go to the monitor and computer. --- End quote --- Haha... I knew I was wrong and I didn't even account for the switch. Can someone draw me a pretty picture or explain how to use the PC power supply to power the monitor and speakers or is this too complicated? I need to figure this out! :cheers: |
| Unstupid:
--- Quote from: javeryh on February 21, 2012, 04:26:45 pm --- Haha... I knew I was wrong and I didn't even account for the switch. Can someone draw me a pretty picture or explain how to use the PC power supply to power the monitor and speakers or is this too complicated? I need to figure this out! :cheers: --- End quote --- |
| javeryh:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on February 21, 2012, 04:33:01 pm ---What you need to do is look at your computer supplies for your monitor and your speakers. It'll say on there what kind of voltage they are putting out. Your speakers will probably be 9V and your monitor 12V. Speakers are really flexible and I wouldn't worry an instant about running them at 12V. Cut off the power supplies from the cords and solder IDE connectors to them. Plug those into your PC power supply. Done. --- End quote --- Is it really that easy? I have a bunch of the IDE power connectors coming out of my computer power supply... these things: I have the SATA adapters and the standard molox ones with the 4 wires - there are a bunch that are unused. The plug on my speaker (the brick) says 12V so that's good, right? If I wire everything into the power supply, everything will automatically power on once the computer is powered up, right? --- Quote from: Unstupid on February 21, 2012, 04:51:23 pm --- --- Quote from: javeryh on February 21, 2012, 04:26:45 pm --- Haha... I knew I was wrong and I didn't even account for the switch. Can someone draw me a pretty picture or explain how to use the PC power supply to power the monitor and speakers or is this too complicated? I need to figure this out! :cheers: --- End quote --- --- End quote --- Awesome! Thanks so much - that makes it crystal clear (I think)! ;D |
| paigeoliver:
Silly question, can't you just plug an extension cord or another strip into the smart strip? |
| javeryh:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on February 21, 2012, 05:27:44 pm ---Silly question, can't you just plug an extension cord or another strip into the smart strip? --- End quote --- I guess so but I'm not sure why you would want to. My problem is that the area I need to fit all of the electronics is small so a normal smartstrip won't fit. I'm going to try and wire things up like jim and unstupid showed in here and see how that goes. I'll have to post pics of what I've done before firing anything up otherwise I'm sure I'll burn the house down... |
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