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Best wiring solution
TheGameAh:
Working on my second cab now. My first cab went very well, everything is working fine. Now I'm trying to learn from my mistakes.
On my first cab I took two parallel cables and cut them in half to wire up the control panel. It worked fine, however the size of the wires were a problem. They were very small. During wiring the wire would sometimes come out of the disconnects, and the IPAC wiring block.
I suppose if I wanted to do the same thing with this cable I could just fold the wire a bit, giving the disconnect more to crimp into, but stripping these tiny wires were a pain too. Anybody have a really good wiring solution?
unclet:
You can solder 18 or 20 gauge wire to the ends of the parallel cable wires then use the 18 or 20 gauage wires for the quick disconnects and Ipac block wiring. Seems like a lot of extra soldering and heat shrink tubing though.
RayB:
Just spend the extra bucks and wire everthing to a JAMMA harness. Then use a J-Pac instead of an I-pac.
Sylentwulf:
I've never understood using parallel cables, why not just using normal wires to hook everything up like they do in real arcade cabinets?
Is it because of the mess and zip-ties? Frankly I like the mess, makes it look very complicated and that you had to work REAL HARD wiring everything.
GGKoul:
Use CAT5 cables...
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