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Coin door lights question
quarterstringer:
No, you'll probably have to buy two separate LEDs to light up 2 rejects.
okmike87:
--- Quote from: quarterstringer on October 19, 2004, 09:39:43 pm ---No, you'll probably have to buy two separate LEDs to light up 2 rejects.
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So with two LEDs, can I hook them up in parallel to the computer power supply?
okmike87:
--- Quote from: okmike87 on October 19, 2004, 10:08:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: quarterstringer on October 19, 2004, 09:39:43 pm ---No, you'll probably have to buy two separate LEDs to light up 2 rejects.
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So with two LEDs, can I hook them up in parallel to the computer power supply?
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I'm so useless with electricity, I am replying to my own posts...
I guess this would be a perfect solution to hooking up 2 of the LEDs:
http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/4pinpowsupmo.html
Ken Layton:
You are perfectly fine to use either #194 or #161 dashboard lamps. Each lamp draws a quarter of an ampere so wiring two in parallel would be a draw of only a half an ampere from your power supply. Modern commercial arcade games use two #194 lamps to light up the coin entries and they are usually wired to the game's switching power supply.
LeedsFan:
I'm interested in this too. I'm converting an existing Jamma cab and I've isolated the game board power supply. But it seems a shame to not utilise the light that's already in the loom for the coin door. I agree LEDs are better, but I may as well use what's already there.
How would I wire this into the 12V supply for a second hard drive? Do I just splice the red and black wires from the block connector? As per original poster, I'm not too hot on computer electrics. ::)