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P-chan:
I want to make a cable that has this on one end:



And this on the other.



(like on the back of a PC or monitor)

Basically on the back of my arcade cabinet I want a three prong male receptacle so I can use a PC power cord to plug into the back of the cabinet.  On the inside, the other end will connect to a powerstrip which will have the PC, speakers, and monitor plugged into it within the cabinet. 

Yes, I could just stuff a powerstrip in the cabinet and have one power cable coming out anyway, but I'd rather have a nice clean mounted receptacle like the one above.  I'm OK with hacking up a power cord obviously, but I want to make sure I get the wires connected back to the right side :)

HaRuMaN:
Search for "power entry module".

P-chan:

--- Quote from: HaRuMaN on April 25, 2012, 05:01:17 pm ---Search for "power entry module".

--- End quote ---

How would I plug a power strip into the other end of that?

Actually, what I'm looking for is exactly this :

http://www.quail.com/P-WS-308/C14-To-515r-Adapter-Screw-Mt.aspx

They are only $4 each, unfortunately, they only do bulk (minimum $50) orders.

Group buy?  :lol

Dervacumen:
This is what I did.  Works great.  Bought a male pc-type plug like you show, mounted it on my cabinet, and use a pc cable to plug it in to the wall.

bleargh:
When I did this, I yanked the plug off of the end of my power strip, and then soldered those three wires right onto the receptacle (which IIRC, I ripped out of an ancient PC power supply).

Works great... I use a regular PC power cord to plug the cabinet in, but inside the cabinet I've got a whole power strip with multiple receptacles on it for plugging in all the various bits.

As for making sure you get the wires connected properly when you do this, grab yourself a receptacle tester:


Plug it in to the power strip, and it'll light up and tell you if you've got it wired up correctly (and they're cheap; ~$5?)

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