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| Necro:
My cabinet is going to have 2 fluorescent lights in it. I'm still working out how exactly I'm going to wire these up, but should I put a fuse inline for the two of them, two fuses (one for each), etc? |
| BobA:
If the AC in your cab is already fused there is no need to add fuses for the lights. |
| protokatie:
--- Quote from: BobA on January 09, 2009, 12:23:16 am ---If the AC in your cab is already fused there is no need to add fuses for the lights. --- End quote --- Correct, but if he is building his machine from scratch (IE with a PC, compy monitor, etc) then he may not have any real fuses set up. In this case, any custom AC wiring in the cab should have atleast one fuse. If anything this will prevent the breaker from tripping while playing a game. (We all know this would be the ULTIMATE evil!). Besides, for DIYers, an extra fuse on sub systems is never a bad thing (as it can help troubleshoot a wiring problem). |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: protokatie on January 09, 2009, 01:39:59 am ---Correct, but if he is building his machine from scratch (IE with a PC, compy monitor, etc) then he may not have any real fuses set up. In this case, any custom AC wiring in the cab should have atleast one fuse. If anything this will prevent the breaker from tripping while playing a game. (We all know this would be the ULTIMATE evil!). Besides, for DIYers, an extra fuse on sub systems is never a bad thing (as it can help troubleshoot a wiring problem). --- End quote --- If you need to rely on fuses to troubleshoot AC wiring problems, then you probably shouldn't be messing with AC in the first place. Hook everything in the cabinet through a good, breaker protected power strip and let it protect the whole cabinet. The simpler (less connections) approach is usually the safer approach as there are less places for something to go wrong. As Bob said, if the cabinet is already fused on the AC in, there's not much to be gained by adding fuses to the lights. RandyT |
| Necro:
I'm still determining how to run the AC to the lights. I've decided to run a single power line in, have it attach into a junction box with an outlet to run a power strip off of for the PC/monitor. However, the lights are pre-existing in the cab and I need to power those as well. While I could wire them up (each) to a plug and go with it that way, it seems a bit...un-cab-like. My original thought was to have lines to the lights run straight off a terminal strip wired from the junction box. Reason I really ask about the fuses is I noticed them in stripping out the old power unit from the cab and was wondering if I should think about inlining a few into the wiring into the lights. More an ICS type of thing instead of a definite need now. |
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