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moonpatrol 4 lyfe:

I remeber I read a post a while back about a computer power supply with a built-in power outlet.  The person who posted it said it would be good for a mame cab because you could plug in your montior, speakers, etc into an outlet strip, and plug that strip into the outlet on the power supply.  Then, everything would turn off and on with your PC.

Any help you can offer would be appreciated.

Thanks

Zakk:

I have a little adapter for power supplies with the extra 3 prong jack in the back.  However I haven't seen a PS with the extra plug in some time.  I'm sure they are easier to find than one with a regular wall jack though (?)


LiquidFire:

For what it's worth, that jack is only intended for the smaller monochrome monitors that was the standard when this was the norm, and they actually had the plug that fit that connector.

I would not plug anything else into it unless you knew the amperage rating-probably marginal. Plus, you would have to install a second surge protector on the power supply which is vital.

An idea might be to use this jack to trigger a relay if that function is important to you.

krick:

The person who posted it was me.  The power supply is the Vantec ION 400B.  Here's the original thread...

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=20611.0

Note that the 400B is, as far as I know, the only Vantec model with the outlet on the back.

Here's another post where I talk about pairing it up with a momentary switch to turn on/off my PC...

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=37153#msg329904

The switch is wired directly to the motherboard where the case switch normally plugs in.

Press it once, the PC starts up and loads windows, press it again and it triggers the shutdown process and shuts down windows normally.

Zakk:


--- Quote from: LiquidFire on January 02, 2006, 10:15:53 pm ---For what it's worth, that jack is only intended for the smaller monochrome monitors that was the standard when this was the norm, and they actually had the plug that fit that connector.

I would not plug anything else into it unless you knew the amperage rating-probably marginal. Plus, you would have to install a second surge protector on the power supply which is vital.

An idea might be to use this jack to trigger a relay if that function is important to you.

--- End quote ---

I've been running my fridge off that thing!!!




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