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Title: Silly wiring question
Post by: Justin on April 11, 2003, 02:05:52 am: Last time I wired my buttons, i ended up with sore hands and neck.

OK, OK, I'm exaggerating, but seriously: Is there an easier way to wire all the 'grounds'? I'm sure there has to be a better way than making a cable from ground to ground. The jey here, is that it needs to be insulated from A to B, so simply running a bare wire won't do the trick.

Someone please tell me there is a better way!

-J
Title: Re:Silly wiring question
Post by: paigeoliver on April 11, 2003, 02:25:53 am: Why does it have to be insulated? One or two of my arcade games have a bare wire as the ground that goes from switch to switch and it works just fine.
Title: Re:Silly wiring question
Post by: Justin on April 11, 2003, 02:27:56 am: Quote from: paigeoliver on April 11, 2003, 02:25:53 am
Why does it have to be insulated? One or two of my arcade games have a bare wire as the ground that goes from switch to switch and it works just fine.

If it is a bare wire, you risk it touching non-ground terminals. no?
Title: Re:Silly wiring question
Post by: paigeoliver on April 11, 2003, 02:31:11 am: Well, whenever I saw it that way it was always stiff wire that they did it with. It certainly didn't have any room to move around or anything.
Title: Re:Silly wiring question
Post by: TacoSmuggler on April 11, 2003, 03:52:27 am: I also purchased a game at an auction that had unshielded wire for the ground.

It is a very shoddy way to do it though!

You are correct in the fact that is is very easy to cause a ground fault with this setup. The easiest way to wire a Cp is still daisy chaining the ground.( or buy a prewired Jamma CP)
Title: Re:Silly wiring question
Post by: Carsten Carlos on April 11, 2003, 04:00:40 am: Just get a good tool to crimp and strip wires (all in one), and everything goes much easier! :)
Title: Re:Silly wiring question
Post by: Justin on April 29, 2003, 01:12:20 am: Is it possible to use quick disconnects to connect all the 'ground' terminals of buttons/joys? I only see how you can make a connection between 2, but then youre screwed. no?
Title: Re:Silly wiring question
Post by: aj6500 on April 29, 2003, 07:19:26 am: No, just put 2 wires into 1 connector to form a chain.
Title: Re:Silly wiring question
Post by: Smittydc on April 29, 2003, 10:42:05 am: Get one of those nice spring-loaded automatic wire strippers -- makes a world of difference... saved my hands a lot of pain.

Then all you have to do is mash the connectors on with the crimper -- which I think is actually kind of fun -- I like the crunching sound it makes. ;D
Title: Re:Silly wiring question
Post by: s8n on April 30, 2003, 04:59:52 pm: this pic helped me a TON when i was wiring my first CP.

http://www.darkravenwind.com/cdvision/madcatz2.htm
Title: Re:Silly wiring question
Post by: hedge on April 30, 2003, 09:49:28 pm: Quote from: s8n on April 30, 2003, 04:59:52 pm
this pic helped me a TON when i was wiring my first CP.

http://www.darkravenwind.com/cdvision/madcatz2.htm

Thanks for the link! You just saved me hours of time this weekend!!
Title: Re:Silly wiring question
Post by: Dak-ak on April 30, 2003, 11:33:54 pm: i got a hold of quick disconnects that have a female plug (like you would find on a microswitch) piggybacked on the end of a normal plug.. so i just make ground wires with a normal quick disconnect on one endand a male/female disconnect on the other...

seems to work okay... not sure how happy i am with it or not (they look a bit unruly once its done, but i think it makes it much easier to rewire or fix something if you get a broken wire.. ) just taste i spose