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Coin door lights question
okmike87:
I'm planning on using a couple of 12v car dashboard lights as my coin door lights.
Is it perfectly safe to hook these up to the 12v power coming out of my computer? Don't want to fry the power supply or anything like that, so wanted to get some input from you cats on this.
(I am planning on using the wires that would normally be used for an extra harddrive.)
Mike
Sasquatch!:
I'm no electrician, but I don't see why it wouldn't be okay.
If it matters, I put superbright LEDs in my coin door, and they're technically sold as automotive bulbs (for taillights, I believe).
quarterstringer:
An alternative recommendation that I got from this board is to use Lazer LEDs. They were cheap, don't use alot of power and last a long time. I used a blue one to light up a trackball and a red one for the coin door.
Bgnome:
--- Quote from: okmike87 on October 19, 2004, 07:57:29 pm ---I'm planning on using a couple of 12v car dashboard lights as my coin door lights.
Is it perfectly safe to hook these up to the 12v power coming out of my computer? Don't want to fry the power supply or anything like that, so wanted to get some input from you cats on this.
(I am planning on using the wires that would normally be used for an extra harddrive.)
Mike
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the only problem i can see is if you have enought current available. ive heard 12v incandescents can draw quite a bit of current and put a fair amount of load on your psu
okmike87:
--- Quote from: quarterstringer on October 19, 2004, 08:11:54 pm ---An alternative recommendation that I got from this board is to use Lazer LEDs. They were cheap, don't use alot of power and last a long time. I used a blue one to light up a trackball and a red one for the coin door.
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Quarterstringer, did you hook yours up to your PC power?