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cowgod:

i recently got an arcade cabinet that used to be dungeons and dragons.  there's a marquee light in there that i want to try to use, but the power on it is a strange 6 pin molex (i'm new to arcade cabinets).  is there an adapter that would let me plug this into a regular wall socket?  It looks something like this:

http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=MNL06P

SirPeale:

If I had to guess, I'd say that some of the connections in that Molex connector do more than just power your marquee light.  Speaker connections and power button connectors come to mind.

What's wrong with your existing marquee light?

Kevin Mullins:

How many wires go into that molex?

TheShanMan:

In my case (centipede cab with a florescent light), it just needed 110, so I just took a good extension cord, cut it open, and wired it up. I have a power strip that turns on the outlets when it senses current for the computer, so with the monitor, speakers, and marquee light controlled by that, it works great.

Of course, you would need to be careful doing this and if you don't know what you're doing with this kind of stuff then don't even try.

cowgod:

now that you mention it, there is a power switch wired in there somehow.  there is also a speaker in the cabinet, but the wires coming out of that look like they were cut and are just dangling there not connected to anything.  i've done my fair share of wire stripping and soldering, so i suppose i could take a stab at it.  do you guys need pictures to understand how the thing is wired up?  is it really worth it to try to salvage this or should i just go buy a task light at wal mart that has a regular electrical plug?

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