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Wiring a cab to use 1 switch
TheShaner:
I am wiring power into my cab right now and am trying to figure out how to fire everything up and down with one switch. I am running two 550w computer power supplies. One for the computer and one for the LED's. Everything should be simple enough, it's the computer that has me tripped up. I have currently been using a push button wired to the motherboard to turn the computer on and off, the question is, how in the heck do I rig the computer and it's power supply to come one once I flip the main switch and the circuit is completed? Without the need for a switch to be hooked up to the motherboard? I am assuming that second power supply will just work when there is a draw.
Le Chuck:
If you install a Belkin (or other brand) smart strip all you need to do is plug the computer ps into the smart outlet and everything else into the slave outlets. Then you just put a SPST momentary switch on the back of the cab linked to the MOBO (which you already have) and use that to power everything. The Smart Strips are available at Home Depot and other big box stores like Staples. It is too easy nowadays and totally worth the 20 or 30 bucks you end up dropping on the smart strip.
PBJ put up a show and tell somewheres on how to make your own, which is another fun option, but the price vs time saved makes the purchase a no brainer for me.
TheShaner:
Thanks LeChuck. So the smart strip has the "smart" outlet that fires up all of the slaves when it detects the draw?
Ravenger:
That's what I've done. The PC in my cab, the PSU which runs the lights and sound amp, and the PC monitor are all plugged into a smart strip.
The PC is set to boot automatically on power on, and when it does so the smart strip turns on the secondary PSU and monitor.
You can shut down the PC via the front-end, or via an on-off switch located behind the cab's front door.
CoryBee:
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on June 04, 2012, 12:01:29 am ---If you install a Belkin (or other brand) smart strip all you need to do is plug the computer ps into the smart outlet and everything else into the slave outlets. Then you just put a SPST momentary switch on the back of the cab linked to the MOBO (which you already have) and use that to power everything. The Smart Strips are available at Home Depot and other big box stores like Staples. It is too easy nowadays and totally worth the 20 or 30 bucks you end up dropping on the smart strip.
PBJ put up a show and tell somewheres on how to make your own, which is another fun option, but the price vs time saved makes the purchase a no brainer for me.
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Do you have a link on hand to build your own? Searched around and can't find any information. Thanks Boss.
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