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Title: Powering up second power supply
Post by: TheShaner on June 24, 2012, 07:10:05 pm
I have a second PC power supply in my cabinet that I have intended on using for all of my lights.  I currently have it hooked to my Marquee lights, but when I turn on the cabinet, the second power supply does not come on.  Is there some trick to getting it to fire up without it being attached to a computer?
Title: Re: Powering up second power supply
Post by: Nephasth on June 24, 2012, 07:16:33 pm
You have to jump the green wire to ground (any adjascent black wire) on the mobo connector.
Title: Re: Powering up second power supply
Post by: TheShaner on June 24, 2012, 07:37:50 pm
So, pull out the green wire from
The mobo connector on that power supply and run it to any ground in the cab?
Title: Re: Powering up second power supply
Post by: BobA on June 24, 2012, 07:39:48 pm
No you run it to a ground on the same connector that you pulled it out from. Second PS Ground.
Title: Re: Powering up second power supply
Post by: Nephasth on June 24, 2012, 07:52:28 pm
This is how I do it on a PS I use for testing. The wire is held in place with some hot glue.
Title: Re: Powering up second power supply
Post by: TheShaner on June 24, 2012, 08:38:23 pm
cool. Thanks. 

So I did this, I pulled the two wires out and bound them together.  Now when I flip everything on, the power supply lights up the lights for just a sec and then goes immediately off.  I cut off all of the other wires on that connector, should I not have done that?  I figured it wouldnt matter since they are not being used.  If it doesnt, why in the heck would I have power for just a sec then nothing?
Title: Re: Powering up second power supply
Post by: Nephasth on June 24, 2012, 08:40:27 pm
Sounds like you've shorted something...
Title: Re: Powering up second power supply
Post by: TheShaner on June 24, 2012, 09:14:39 pm
really weird because it acts the same whether I hook anything up to it or not.  It started happening after I cut the connector off.  I guess I will go clip and tape each of the wires that are loose now to make sure there is nothing touching. 
Title: Re: Powering up second power supply
Post by: Thenasty on June 24, 2012, 10:08:51 pm
to bad you live to far away.
You could have taken some of this from me.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=101280.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=101280.0)