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Leaf button wiring question
csnow:
I want to use one of my leaf buttons from my original Galaga machine on a jamma harness. Do I wire the two positive wires to the single positive wire on the jamma harness?
j2obin:
Wire one connector to common ground on the harness and the other to your positive connection for the button on the harness.
csnow:
On the leaf switch, there are two wires on the positive terminal and one wire on the negative terminal. I wired both the positives to the positive wire that was on the microswitch and the other to the common ground. It is not working. Any suggestions?
CpCaveman:
if youre replacing a switch with another type of switch, wire it the same, same wires connected each side. Not exactly sure of what youre asking :-\
DeLuSioNal29:
Once you remove the 2 wires from the microswitch, you need to solder the ground wire to one connector and the positive wire to the other connector. It really doesn't matter which wire you connect to each connector on a leaf switch, since the way they work is when the two wires contact each other it will issue a button press signal. To demonstrate, remove the wires from the microswitch and then touch the two wires together. The button should trigger a "fire" on your Galaga ship in the game. The leaf switch (the long metal pieces, simulate what you are doing - closing the circuit).
(see pic below - you should connect the wires to the shorter connectors).
Read more here: http://www.rotheblog.com/2008/09/arcade/difference-in-arcade-button-switches/
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