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Tricky Controller splice. Help!
flyguy1821:
first thanks for the quick replies. I have an itchy trigger finger and want to get this thing going. So let me get this right. I should be able to take the leads from the controller, (red and black, positive and negative) run them into the panel amp (which is typically used for a powered sub) and run the signal into the bass shakers with the desired effect? I just dont want to fry these. Thanks
hatrick:
--- Quote from: flyguy1821 on March 24, 2005, 06:54:04 pm ---first thanks for the quick replies.
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Shape D.:
Wait wait, I don't know what the hell I was talking about. the ps controllers have a motor in them not a speaker.
Pleas disreguard the crappy and uncertan information I gave you I have no clue if it will work or not.
Shape D.
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flyguy1821:
I am guessing there is some sort of transformer etc. that may do the trick but in that area I am clueless. I do know that back in the day we hooked a sub up to a plug in cord "just to see what happens" sort of thing, not a pretty result. Everything was toast, smells bad too.
cholin:
Whoa wait a second, you think that a PS2 controller gets 110vac? Wrong. Those motors are very small DC motors. The actual power in a PS2 is most likely run through a regulator to get a constant DC voltage. The power supplied to the actual controller is probably <15vdc, my guess is around 5 because that seems to be the average. I can guarantee you though, that you do not have 110v running through your hands when you play :P Now, to hook up the bass shakers, you need to determine the amount of power they consume and the current (IE 10v @ 1A) or something... then you need to see whether the current exceeds the controller's current (which it most likely does). I think you would need some sort of circuit or some kind of MOD directly to your controller ports to send a signal to the shakers instead of a motor. You will need some sort of transistor or something.
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