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happ trackball question
paigeoliver:
The green thing is a different ground. Run it to your cabinet ground strap, or to your metal control panel and monitor frame if you don't have a cabinet ground strap.
It is there to get rid of static electricity.
muell67:
thanks
paigeoliver:
If you have neither one of those, then run the sucker to the coin door or the third prong of the power outlet.
Matt Berry:
Just so nobody has an accident connecting the green (earth) ground to a power strip, make sure you are connecting the green wire to a greenish colored screw on the outlet. The gold screw is for hot (Zap :o ) typically black wire and the silver screw is neutral (still has potential to carry a load) which is the white wire.
ekans:
Yes I figured the green wires were the grounds too. Thanks for the info Matt, that could have been hari raising! ::)
muell67, you say that you have the illumination source with yours, you just have to add 12v?
I have just received the same trackball but thought I had to add a little clip on LED or other light to get it to light up. Did yours come with a light? My ball is translucent, but I could not find any light source with it.