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Aluminium foil - carry voltage? Enough for this?
Kremmit:
Somebody on here made some home-made jamb tacks a while back- made a whole control panel they could install and un-install just by putting it on and taking it off again. I'll see if I can dig it up...
edit: Got it-
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=27724.0
Since you just need two contacts, you could probably do something less involved. Flashlights (is that a "torch" in Austral-English?) just push a spring up against the end of the batteries.. maybe a spring, and a penny. (A penny being the most cheap, worthless coin in the US currency system, insert your local equivalent)
Bones:
--- Quote from: Kremmit on December 04, 2005, 04:09:16 am ---edit: Got it-
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=27724.0
Since you just need two contacts, you could probably do something less involved. Flashlights (is that a "torch" in Austral-English?) just push a spring up against the end of the batteries.. maybe a spring, and a penny. (A penny being the most cheap, worthless coin in the US currency system, insert your local equivalent)
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Yeah that is along the lines of something I tried today with a screw and a solder tag. It worked but I was getting point contact.
Well it's all wired now anyway, just went with the longer cords as Matt Berry suggested. I am definitely gunna keep my eyes open in the future for something suitable.....If I ever find it I will post it here.
mccoy178:
What about something like this on either side:
I found it here:
http://www.stanleyhardware.com/default.asp?TYPE=CATEGORY&CATEGORY=HDW+CABINET+CATCHES+AND+LATCHES
RayB:
They also make quick disconnects that are "male" and fit in to the usualy "female" ones.
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: mccoy178 on December 04, 2005, 10:36:11 am ---What about something like this on either side:
I found it here:
http://www.stanleyhardware.com/default.asp?TYPE=CATEGORY&CATEGORY=HDW+CABINET+CATCHES+AND+LATCHES
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I was thinking the same thing. The screws used to mount the two parts of that latch would double as screw terminals for the wires too. And in yet another case of doubling, those latches, if mounted near the middle of the back door on both sides, would also give additional support to the door in that area, a place where many original arcade machine's back doors tended to bow out with age, since they were supported from the top and bottom, but not in the middle.
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