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Mrephunk:
OK so I am doing a cab build for an xbox360 and I need help doing the lighting. I need to light the marquee, the coin slots, and would like some light on the buttons.The buttons don't need to be lighted when pushed, just a constant on. If someone know of a good eay to wire PCB that lets me do other things with the lighted button please let me know, but it isn't necessary(tho it would be cool :) ) What I am thinking is I am going to use a computer power supply to activate and power all the lights. I was thinking I would wire up the power button to the xbox power button so that they would both go on when I hit the power button. Can this be done? is there a better way? I know some lights require a 5v line does the computer power supply have that? Just some general help on the whole lighting thing would be nice. Thanks

DirtyDachshunds:
To light the marquee I used a standard fluorescent light from home depot.  I then plugged it into my smart strip so that the light (among other devices) come on when the computer, or xbox is turned on.

Smart strip:
http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Energy-Saving-Autoswitching-Technology/dp/B000P1QJXQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1304425500&sr=8-2

As for the lighted pushbuttons, check out GGG's LEDWiz.  You can do some interesting stuff with the LEDWiz, however it is meant more for a computer than an xbox

LED Wiz:
http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=239

And yes, computer power supplies have both 12V and 5V on a single molex connector.  A computer power supply will be overkill for a couple lights.  But whatever route you go, plug the power supply into the smart strip as well.

Necro:
For the LEDs - if you have a box of wall warts, go through them and see if any are close to 5v DC output (4.8 or 5.2v, for instance).  You can then wire this directly to the LEDS, plugging it into the smart strip, and avoid the computer PSU/LEDWiz overkill route. 

Actually, you can buy one of those transformers specifically and avoid the other costs - here's one: http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/PS-5102/5VDC-1A-SWITCHING-POWER-SUPPLY/1.html

So...LedWiz+Computer PSU+Wiring the PSU up to not burn out with no PC load vs $6 wall wart transformer

And go with the flour from Home Depot for the marquee - not worth the effort on wiring up LEDs or LED holders, etc.  HD even has 1" 'ultrathin'  lights that should do what you need.  Just put some foil or a mirror behind it to reflect more of the light to your marquee and distribute it more uniformly.

Mrephunk:
butt I have plenty of power supplies lying around, like I have a 160 watt PSU would it really burnout with no PC load? And if I use a walwart how many LEDs can I hook up to one? I was going to use some EL wire or LED strip which would connect to the PSU easily.

Necro:
It's just overkill basically.  And how many you can connect depends on the wall wart rating (i.e., amps it can output) and the draw of your LEDs (10-20mA is common I think).

It SHOULDN'T be an issue driving the 2 coin doors from a wall wart, no matter what.

And the burn out thing - just read up on it.  Some PSU's are made to have a draw on them and if you short it out it can overheat/burn out quickly.  Also, you're going to be wasting a ton of electricity just to get a 5V line. 

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