Light Up Buttons and Marquee Lighting Question...

[HeadRusch]

What sort of power requirements do the Happs light-up buttons require??

Would I need to buy a custom power supply to mount inside a cab to just power the light up buttons?  

Also.....when installing a Marquee light, is a special power supply required, or do those fixtures just use a standard 110 plug on the end, like I could plug it all into a power strip mounted inside the cab...??

[Ryan]

Just use a standard under the counter florescent light from Home Depot and mount.  It will just plug into your standard outlet/surge protector.  Piece of Cake!

Also, I bought this expense surge protector at http://www.cyberguys.com (Item# 112 0125).  Just plug computer into designated socket and all other sockets turn on and off with the PC.  

Another tip for lights was from http://www.geocities.com/cthulhuluke/ just buy an old 12 V adapter splice end and connect to coin door lights.  Wa La!  He only paid .35 cents for his, I hope I can find a similar deal.

[HeadRusch]

Just use a standard under the counter florescent light from Home Depot and mount.  It will just plug into your standard outlet/surge protector.  Piece of Cake!

AWESOME!!  I suppose I just need to find a short one, eh?  What length do I need....can I use those little puck halogens instead of flourescent? Hmmm...probably lead to a heat buildup issue however.

I saw the surge protector you're talking about.  Hmmm, I guess I never considered the power switch for the PC!  Can you wire a happs button directly to the wires that lead to the motherboard?  IE: Just cut the wires going to the case button and wire them to a microswitched happs button??  Hmmm..then again I think you can set modern PC's to auto restart if the power fails, or you throw a swtich to a power strip..ie: your cab.

Finally, I took a look at that site you mentioned.  Hmmm....never thought of that, didn't realize they required a 12v source.....I might not do the light up coin doors.  I might instead have a flat panel, no coin slots, with spare sideart down there, illuminated with puck lights mounted under the control panel.  

yeah...I got a few extra Puck Lights