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Title: Coin Door Light Wiring Question
Post by: codeena on October 12, 2006, 06:58:45 pm

Hi all,

I'd like to extend wires from my coin door lights' to my pc's molex cables that will power the lights. Can I just splice and use a PC power cord's wires to use as an extension, or would this be dangerous (different gauge, etc.)? Does it matter which of the 3 wires I use, if it's okay? Thanks in advance!

Title: Re: Coin Door Light Wiring Question
Post by: Aurich on October 12, 2006, 07:30:11 pm

What voltage are your lights? You can bring 5v or 12v from your power supply (red or yellow wires respectively) easily. So you pick a color, and the black is your ground.

Title: Re: Coin Door Light Wiring Question
Post by: codeena on October 12, 2006, 07:43:32 pm

Hi Aurich, thanks for the reply. The 12v lights to work fine connected to the pc, but need to extend the wires from the lights to the pc. So I was wondering if a pc power cable would serve well as the extension wires.

Title: Re: Coin Door Light Wiring Question
Post by: fatfingers on October 12, 2006, 08:49:19 pm

I think just some standard 18 or so gauge wire and some wire connectors should be all you need.