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External 5V power supply needed... not computer PS

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markronz:
Ok, so it's powerful enough.  And if I'm following what you are saying correctly, I am simply connect the different 5v and 12v wires up to the spade connectors for the power sources.  Easy enough.    And I can do the same for the ground wires as well?

I do have a question about combining multiple wires into one.   Is the preferred method to use something like this terminal strip?
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103233
Or can you just simply twist the wires together to accomplish this?

I know what a spade connector is, I think terminal post is the same thing as the terminal strip, but what is a multiwrap referring to?

releasedtruth:
Sometimes I'm lazy and just twist them together, multiwrap wires on the binding post. Can be messy, but if it's only a few, no big deal. If you have a ton coming in, easier to use a terminal strip and link them.

mgb:
The best way is to just use spade connectors and just stack them on the terminals.

releasedtruth:
You can definitely stack spades, but it depends on how long the wire runs are. It would be a waste of 20ft of wire in my cab to make the whole run to the PS every time

DaOld Man:
I have a arcade power supply that came out of a cabinet I bought.
It has +5VDC at 11 amps, -5VDC at 1 amp, and +12 VDC at 2 amps.
My current project needs 5VDC at around 5 amps, so this PS should work for that. My problem is that my project also needs 24 VDC at around 0.5 amp.
I can get 17 volts by using the -5 and the +12, but I must have at least 18 volts (24 being more desired).
The PS has an adjustment on it and I can crank it up to get a little over 18 volts, but that runs my 5 volts up to above 6, which is not desirable.
Is there a similar power supply that supplies 24 VDC along with 5?
Also, there is a terminal marked FG on the power supply, what is this for? It was connected to GND, but PS seems to work fine disconnected.

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