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Brutick:
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I recently purchased a similar (10A, fused) power input module and I ended up wiring it to a female socket which will sit on the inside of my cabinet attached to a power strip. I also got a sheet metal mounting plate made to fit the snap-in module. I kind of wish I could have found a wood-mount one in my local electronics store.
Hope this helps you figure out what you want to do.
Generic Eric:
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--- Quote from: MTPPC on March 16, 2014, 10:02:42 am ---I like these from amazon - search IEC
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I recently purchased a similar (10A, fused) power input module and I ended up wiring it to a female socket which will sit on the inside of my cabinet attached to a power strip. I also got a sheet metal mounting plate made to fit the snap-in module. I kind of wish I could have found a wood-mount one in my local electronics store.
Hope this helps you figure out what you want to do.
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If you wrote up a pdf or something for the wiki with some part numbers, you could be nominated for UCA Electro doo-dad 2014
Good use of pictures.
I always thought cutting the end off power strip was poor advice. I'm pretty sure that would void the warranty.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Generic Eric on March 16, 2014, 08:14:55 pm ---I always thought cutting the end off power strip was poor advice. I'm pretty sure that would void the warranty.
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I'm pretty sure I voided the warranty on every single component for my cab three minutes after it arrives at my house. :cheers:
Oh wait...do the joysticks I ordered from GGG have a warranty ??? I don't think I voided those yet. >:D
fantoboy:
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Are you using the switch to turn off the entire cabinet, or did you find a way to turn the pc on with that? I'm guessing you can't since it's not a momentary switch?
EMDB:
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Are you using the switch to turn off the entire cabinet, or did you find a way to turn the pc on with that? I'm guessing you can't since it's not a momentary switch?
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You can switch most PC's by setting them to auto start on power on in the BIOS. This way the PC will start when you switch on the power for everything (PC, monitor, marquee lighting, etc.).
I did it on my cab. Works perfectly fine. I mounted the power switch on the top of the cabinet so it can be reached more easily though...
The mains comes in from the bottom via a cable with a power plug. It goes to the top of the cabinet were it is switched on/off and goes back to the plain power strip were all electronics including the PC are plugged in. When I hit the switch on top the PC boots into Hyperspin. On exiting Hyperspin the PC is shut down.