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alternatives to daisy chaining negative wires....?
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JackTucky:

--- Quote from: Oldskool on February 17, 2004, 08:08:43 am ---Here's a pic of my setup.

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OldSkool:

That's EXACTLY what I did with my grounds.  Bought this from RatShack:




http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=274-678



Art
ErikRuud:
You want a Square-D grounding block.

Check this old thread: http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=792;start=msg4636#msg4636

NoOne=NBA=:
I just solder all the connections straight onto the switches.
It makes it a little tougher if you "redesign" your control panel, but eliminates all the "iffy" connections you can get with the quick disconnects.

They are called quick disconnects for a reason.
They are designed to be disconnected/reconnected quickly.
This is a good thing for arcade CP's because it allows the operator to replace worn out/broken switches quickly, and easily.
For a home CP, this is alot less of an issue, so I opted for the more permanent connection of solder joints.

I have TRIED to get bad connections using the solder method, and never accomplished it.
I intentionally daisy-chained all my ground connections by putting a lump of solder on the ground terminal, and then melting through the insulation on the ground wire and shoving it into place with the soldering iron.
I am using 28 gauge wire, so the insulation isn't very thick; but I have gotten ZERO bad connections using this "highly discouraged by anyone knowledgable about soldering" method on all the CP's I've wired up in the last 20+ years.

It's quick....it's ugly....it's smelly....but it's very reliable.
Witchboard:
This may be an ignorant question, but why would you NOT want to daisy chain?  I can't really think of anything better about running seperate grounds for each switch.  Daisy chaining the ground seems to me the cheapest, fastest, most reliable and makes it easy to identify a point of failure.  I'm in no way an electrician, but I was just wondering.
Sephroth57:
I think a ground loop is the best way. its easy, even if 1 wire is messed up it wont affect anything
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