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Wiring the LEDWIZ
zanna5910:
I've read a bunch out there and am fairly certain I understand how to wire the actual rgb's and led's to the led-wiz itself, but have a few questions in tapping the PC power supply for the power I was hoping you guys can help me out with. These are probably stupid questions to some and are easy answers.... hopefully.
I basically plan to wire 9 LEDs and 12 RGBs to one ledwiz. P1 and P2 buttons will share for each button, P1 and P2 start and coin will share, and 5 extra leds individually.
1. I looked into my pc and dont see any extra molex connectors coming out of the power supply. Does this mean I'm outta luck? Do I need to open up the power supply?
2. Assuming there is one inside the power supply, how do you actually wire into the molex? Do you just connect a female to it and remove the yellow and 1 black wire and wire that directly to the LEDWIZ?
3. Assuming there isn't an extra molex power coming out, do you pull it off something else or do you need an external power supply? Is so, what should I get?
4. Where does the inline fuse go? How do you do this? I assume I need about (~720ma (RGBS) + ~200ma (LEDS) = 1000ma fuse?)
5. The 9 LEDs are spectralite 12V LEDs. Can I use the same molex 12V in the molex to bank power these seperately? Is this "regulated' DC 12v as the GGG site says?
Thanks everybody, and any pics would be super helpful!
DaOld Man:
To answer #1, you can get splitter cables that allow you to unplug one device (hard drive or cd), and plug this in, giving you an extra molex power IDE connector.
Link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812198025
To answer #2, you can buy a female molex connector that will plug into this splitter, or just cut the male plug off the splitter and wire directly to the yellow and a black wire. Be sure to tape the red and the other black, but not together, to keep them from accidental touching something.
The ide wire voltage are as follows:
Yellow= +12 VDC
Black= ground
Black= ground
Red= +5VDC
The two blacks are the same, so it doesn't matter which one you connect to.
#1 answers #3, I think.
#4: If you use an inline fuse it will go on the yellow wire (if you are using 12 VDC), or the red one (If you are using 5VDC).
It will wire between the power supply and the led wiz.
#5, not sure what you mean about banking separately, but yes, the 12 VDC on the PC power supply is regulated.
zanna5910:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on August 29, 2013, 02:15:42 am ---To answer #2, you can buy a female molex connector that will plug...
#5, not sure what you mean about banking separately, but yes, the 12 VDC on the PC power supply is regulated.
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Thanks so much, that is soo helpful!
#2 - wouldn't that be a male to connect to one of the female ends?
By #5, i mean you have the option to supply voltage to each bank on the LEDWIZ (1-9, 9-18, etc etc). Can I supply the 12VDC to a specific bank and put my 12V leds on that bank, and also supply other banks the 5V for the RGBs? Can I use the same molex to supply one bank the 5V from the red wire and another the 12V from the yellow wire?
DaOld Man:
You will need the same type plug that is in your hard drive now, (made into the hard drive, not unpluggable, unless you have a sata drive, Im talking strictly IDE).
As for the led wiz, I think GGG (grooveygamegear.com) has wiring diagrams, and Randy (a member on here) is more than happy to help you, or at least he has always seemed eager to answer my questions.
zanna5910:
Thanks, I got most of the wiring in place, just waiting on some splitters and whatnot to show up.
1 more question though:
The spectralite button LED's seem to be prewired into the holder in the button, does it matter which side is positive and negative? Can I just hook it up either way?