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Silly wiring question
Justin:
Last time I wired my buttons, i ended up with sore hands and neck.
OK, OK, I'm exaggerating, but seriously: Is there an easier way to wire all the 'grounds'? I'm sure there has to be a better way than making a cable from ground to ground. The jey here, is that it needs to be insulated from A to B, so simply running a bare wire won't do the trick.
Someone please tell me there is a better way!
-J
paigeoliver:
Why does it have to be insulated? One or two of my arcade games have a bare wire as the ground that goes from switch to switch and it works just fine.
Justin:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on April 11, 2003, 02:25:53 am ---Why does it have to be insulated? One or two of my arcade games have a bare wire as the ground that goes from switch to switch and it works just fine.
--- End quote ---
If it is a bare wire, you risk it touching non-ground terminals. no?
paigeoliver:
Well, whenever I saw it that way it was always stiff wire that they did it with. It certainly didn't have any room to move around or anything.
TacoSmuggler:
I also purchased a game at an auction that had unshielded wire for the ground.
It is a very shoddy way to do it though!
You are correct in the fact that is is very easy to cause a ground fault with this setup. The easiest way to wire a Cp is still daisy chaining the ground.( or buy a prewired Jamma CP)