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Grounding metal control panels
fredster:
It doesn't hurt to do that, and every arcade machine I ever saw had a ground comming off the metal panel.
It protects it from things you might not expect, like a mouse eating through a wire or some totally unforseen incident.
It costs like $.05 and takes 3 minutes.
APFelon:
--- Quote from: RayB on March 06, 2005, 10:14:05 pm ---APFelon,
Are you saying that what's been said above is wrong, or not?
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Heh, nope. Grounding the panel is standard procedure. Wiring 110 VAC up to the FG is uncommon. My mistake was actually giving people shocks.
APf
menace:
I don't understand where this 110VAC is coming from in order to bite people? is the metal panel touching the tube frame or something? I can't for the life of me figure out how an isolated metal panel would shock people unless it was wired to do so... ???
JoyMonkey:
--- Quote from: APFelon on March 07, 2005, 02:47:08 am ---Grounding the panel is standard procedure. Wiring 110 VAC up to the FG is uncommon.
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How do you normally ground the panel then? Do you use the ground connection from the power supply?
Stingray:
I have three arcade machines all of which have metal control panels, none of which are grounded.
--- Quote ---I don't understand where this 110VAC is coming from in order to bite people? is the metal panel touching the tube frame or something? I can't for the life of me figure out how an isolated metal panel would shock people unless it was wired to do so...
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That's a good question. ???
-S
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