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Child proof power button..how?
severdhed:
thanks guys. i am quite familiar with wiring a momentary switch to the motherboard power connector, i just wasn't sure how to keep my 2 year old from using it. i think those key switches are the way to go. putting a button inside the coin door would work, but i dont plan on having a coin door on this thing. i think i'm going to use a key switch....i'll post pics in my project announcement thread
eds1275:
I have always wanted to use a magnet contact sensor to power something up. Like the kind I have mounted in my doors for the alarm system - http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.swalarmsystem.com/images/door%2520magnetic%2520contact/MC-33.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.swalarmsystem.com/Door_Magnetic_Contact.asp&usg=__X_NG4ShDkol4LB5xSjiL3qXl15w=&h=516&w=516&sz=30&hl=en&start=5&zoom=1&tbnid=FxLF4FBsYzDgrM:&tbnh=131&tbnw=131&ei=OYoVUsGYLIikiQKs2ICQAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmagnetic%2Bcontact%2Bsensor%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&sa=X&ved=0CDMQrQMwBA
...And then maybe have a small magnet attached to my key fob or something.
keilmillerjr:
--- Quote from: severdhed on August 21, 2013, 11:18:20 pm ---thanks guys. i am quite familiar with wiring a momentary switch to the motherboard power connector, i just wasn't sure how to keep my 2 year old from using it. i think those key switches are the way to go. putting a button inside the coin door would work, but i dont plan on having a coin door on this thing. i think i'm going to use a key switch....i'll post pics in my project announcement thread
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The link I posted is a key lock with a momentary switch attached. The twisted quarter unit you like is a key lock with an on/off switch attached.
Bill_S:
This looks to be the momentary contact version at twisted quarter:
http://www.twistedquarter.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=462&zenid=osc8ss4be1vkstcn9frhj7m8u4
Silverwind:
I just wire mine up to "the clapper".
No actually I just have my switch just inside the coin door.