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javeryh:
Heh - all paper in my house says that or “Government Copy”. One of the perks of being married to a CPA...

javeryh:
I ordered THIS power supply from Amazon on Thursday and it arrived already so I wired it up this morning. This has been done to death around here so I won't go into too much detail and will just post a bunch of pics.

It's pretty small and will easily fit inside of the cabinet:

I plugged it into the wall using a spare computer power cord, plugged my iPad charger into one of the sockets and then plugged my phone in. My phone started charging instantly. I flipped the red switch on the top of the socket and power was cut to my phone. It appears to be working!

Some things to point out:

* The light on the switch is always on no matter if the switch is receiving power or not. Is this normal? Seems like it would have to be the case based on how it is wired but I was thinking the red light might turn off if the switch wasn't on.
* The smaller white, black and green wires inside of the black cord is 18 gauge. It seemed a little thin but I don't think this matters (or does it?)
* Of course the socket does not have enough room to fit inside of the hole I cut for it on the back of the cabinet so when I go too install it permanently I'll have to take off all of the quick disconnects, thread the cord through and then attach everything again. Not a huge deal but easily avoided.
I'm sort of in a holding pattern here until I sort out the artwork and the piece of glass arrives so I can finish construction of the cabinet itself. In the meantime, I'm researching the raspberry pi and RetroPie and how to hook up a momentary button for on/off and how to get the ServoStick working properly. This is all new to me and will be the hardest part of this build for sure. :cheers:

JDFan:

--- Quote from: javeryh on June 30, 2018, 11:32:35 am ---
The light on the switch is always on no matter if the switch is receiving power or not. Is this normal? Seems like it would have to be the case based on how it is wired but I was thinking the red light might turn off if the switch wasn't on.

--- End quote ---

Sounds like you might have the input power on the wrong side of the switch ( ie. swap the AC in and jumper wire on the switch connectors) The light is wired to one side of the switch so if the input is on that side the light always receives power instead of only receiving power when it is switched on.

Attempt to explain :

In the attached the light inside the switch is either wired between b1 an w1 or b2 and w2. Lets say it is between b1 and w1

If you put the AC in connected to b1 and w1 the light always gets power whether the switch is on or off -- If you place the AC input on b2 and w2 the light only gets power when the switch is on. SInce the switch passes the power from one side to the other.

javeryh:

--- Quote from: JDFan on June 30, 2018, 12:07:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on June 30, 2018, 11:32:35 am ---
The light on the switch is always on no matter if the switch is receiving power or not. Is this normal? Seems like it would have to be the case based on how it is wired but I was thinking the red light might turn off if the switch wasn't on.

--- End quote ---

Sounds like you might have the input power on the wrong side of the switch ( ie. swap the AC in and jumper wire on the switch connectors) The light is wired to one side of the switch so if the input is on that side the light always receives power instead of only receiving power when it is switched on.

--- End quote ---

Thanks. I followed this tutorial exactly and I made sure to have my switch facing the same way as the one in the video:

I'm almost afraid to change it but if I understand correctly, you are saying to switch the two connections on the left with the two connections on the right of the switch.

EDIT: now looking HERE I'm thoroughly confused. It is wired completely differently.

JDFan:

--- Quote from: javeryh on June 30, 2018, 12:16:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: JDFan on June 30, 2018, 12:07:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on June 30, 2018, 11:32:35 am ---
The light on the switch is always on no matter if the switch is receiving power or not. Is this normal? Seems like it would have to be the case based on how it is wired but I was thinking the red light might turn off if the switch wasn't on.

--- End quote ---

Sounds like you might have the input power on the wrong side of the switch ( ie. swap the AC in and jumper wire on the switch connectors) The light is wired to one side of the switch so if the input is on that side the light always receives power instead of only receiving power when it is switched on.

--- End quote ---

Thanks. I followed this tutorial exactly and I made sure to have my switch facing the same way as the one in the video:

I'm almost afraid to change it but if I understand correctly, you are saying to switch the two connections on the left with the two connections on the right of the switch.

--- End quote ---

EDited above to add a pic and explanation. THe light is internally connected to 2 of the prongs - If AC is supplied to that same side the light will always be on - if it comes in from the other side the light will only get power when the switch makes the connection (when switched on)

EDIT : The switch is removeable from the outer casing so can easily be turned around when installing - which is probably why it does not match up with the tutorial you followed.

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