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Title: Powering the coin door lights
Post by: Beeeph on December 29, 2004, 09:50:42 pm

after buying a used but functional coin door w/mechs for $20 on ebay :o, I was confused a bit by the wiring:

(http://www.titeware.com/images/arcade/powerswitch03.jpg)

with this connection, it looks like I can directly hook up two standard molex connectors from my PC power supply.

Title: Re: Powering the coin door lights
Post by: Thenasty on December 29, 2004, 09:54:51 pm

jsut cut/trace the wires from the bulb (looks like green/blue) and then make sure what voltage those lamps accept and use the PC power supply to hoo it it. RED wire on PC is 5volts and yellow is 12V.

Title: Re: Powering the coin door lights
Post by: terryd on December 29, 2004, 10:34:18 pm

How do you find out what voltage the bulbs are?  Is there an indicator on them?

Title: Re: Powering the coin door lights
Post by: Trimoor on December 29, 2004, 10:45:40 pm

Try it with 5v, and if that's too dim move up to 12v.

Title: Re: Powering the coin door lights
Post by: Ken Layton on December 29, 2004, 11:39:13 pm

Take the bulbs out of the socket and look at the numbers on them.

Here are typical bulbs and voltages:

159, 259, and 555 are all 6 volts

161, 194, and 658 are all 12 volts.