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Popcorrin

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Computer connected to isolated power supply?
« on: February 16, 2005, 01:22:16 pm »
Is there any problems with connecting your computer to the arcade monitor's isolated power supply?  Also how would a person tell which wire is positive and which wire is negative if they are not color coded?   Thanks

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Re: Computer connected to isolated power supply?
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2005, 01:59:35 pm »
I've plugged in a power bar to one of those behemoth frost iso transformers and then plugged everything into that--it works fine.  As far as positive and negative goes--its AC power you have hot, neutral and ground (black, white, green respectively) white is usually the wider spade of the two if I'm not mistaken.  if you are wiring ac--make sure you have a ground path between all the components--see bob roberts basic ac wiring (www.therealbobroberts.com) for clarification
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Re: Computer connected to isolated power supply?
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2005, 02:16:39 pm »
You shouldn't be plugging anything into the iso xformer except the monitor.  You can cause premature failure of the iso.

There are other, better ways of getting power to your PC.

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Re: Computer connected to isolated power supply?
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2005, 10:49:23 pm »
You shouldn't be plugging anything into the iso xformer except the monitor.