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Pac-Fan:

Lamps pull a LOT of power (amperage) and care should be used in connecting them to the correct and sufficient power sources. Check the amperage draw on each lamp and then see how many amps your power supply feeds and how much already is in use by your computer/etc..  LED's are definitely the way to go if you don't want to worry about blowing up a supply and don't have a second one to just power lamps.

bfauska:


--- Quote from: Pac-Fan on April 16, 2007, 03:05:29 pm ---Lamps pull a LOT of power (amperage) and care should be used in connecting them to the correct and sufficient power sources. Check the amperage draw on each lamp and then see how many amps your power supply feeds and how much already is in use by your computer/etc..  LED's are definitely the way to go if you don't want to worry about blowing up a supply and don't have a second one to just power lamps.

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UMMMMMMMMM, I think you may be overstating just how much power the lamps in the coin door take.  A PC power supply, even on the low end, is several hundred watts, and a lamp for the coin return is going to be a few watts.  Provided you are not running several drives or video cards with extra fans you should barely be using what the power supply provides in the first place, you have enough power to drive some lamps also.

That being said...  LEDs are a better way to go, they don't create much if any heat, you will likely never have to replace them and they do draw much less power.

SirPeale:


--- Quote from: bfauska on April 16, 2007, 05:26:29 pm ---UMMMMMMMMM, I think you may be overstating just how much power the lamps in the coin door take.  A PC power supply, even on the low end, is several hundred watts, and a lamp for the coin return is going to be a few watts.  Provided you are not running several drives or video cards with extra fans you should barely be using what the power supply provides in the first place, you have enough power to drive some lamps also.
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Your average bulb draws about 1/4 amp. 

urbecrisch:

So how do I go about hooking up LED's to the coin lamps?
and...
Where's the best place to get them?

The only experience I have with any power supply is hooking up some NovaGemCDR Coin Drop Replacement Pushbuttons from GGG and testing out my Happs Translucent trackball with a nicemite LED hooked up to my PC power supply.

Cheers!

bfauska:


--- Quote from: Peale on April 16, 2007, 09:45:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: bfauska on April 16, 2007, 05:26:29 pm ---UMMMMMMMMM, I think you may be overstating just how much power the lamps in the coin door take.  A PC power supply, even on the low end, is several hundred watts, and a lamp for the coin return is going to be a few watts.  Provided you are not running several drives or video cards with extra fans you should barely be using what the power supply provides in the first place, you have enough power to drive some lamps also.
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Your average bulb draws about 1/4 amp. 

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WOW, I was guessing (albeit educated guessing) and what do you know 1/4 amp x 12v (if you pull from your PC PSU's 12v rail) = 3watts.  3=few.  Good guess I suppose, and there you have it, plenty of power left for some other lights, your MB, HDD, etc...

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