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Title: Power Supply Load? - Peter Chou USP-11
Post by: kcdonahue on July 07, 2005, 10:01:30 pm

Hello All,

Title: Re: Power Supply Load? - Peter Chou USP-11
Post by: paigeoliver on July 07, 2005, 10:23:39 pm

Looks to me like you ALREADY removed it.

I DOUBT that powers the marquee light, I have yet to see a 12 volt marquee light.

Your coin door lamps (which might ALSO feed off the isolation transformer), can be run from your PC power supply.

Short story, you don't need it.

Title: Re: Power Supply Load? - Peter Chou USP-11
Post by: MonitorGuru on July 08, 2005, 09:42:02 am

Quote from: paigeoliver on July 07, 2005, 10:23:39 pm

I DOUBT that powers the marquee light, I have yet to see a 12 volt marquee light.

Actually, most Midway MINI (cabaret) games used 12 volt marquee lights... a set of 4 to 6 incandescent light bulbs instead of a flourescent tube.

Title: Re: Power Supply Load? - Peter Chou USP-11
Post by: kcdonahue on July 08, 2005, 10:56:55 am

Thanks for the replies! 

I'm not with the machine now, but all power for the cabinet passes through the powersupply.  A smaller 3 pin molex runs from the power supply directly to the isolation transformer to power the monitor. I will check to see if the marquee light  runs off of the isolation transformer or not, just in case it helps the marquee light is a small flouresent.   

Would it be best to just remove the power supply and conncect a 3 prong(grounded) power cable with an inline switch to the isolation transformer? 

KC