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New Product: NovaMatrix™ LED Marquee Light - GroovyGameGear
pboreham:
Got my Marquee light today and whilst i may be a while off fitting it, I have a dumb newbie question (or two!)
The light strip has 2 sockets for the wiring block to go into - which one does the supplied wire block fit into?
Also, the wire on the block is very short - where do I connect this too? I assume the PC power supply, so which is the best type of wire to run to it?
(I am a total electronics newbie, so better get reading I reckon!)
Thanks, Paul.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: pboreham on August 20, 2007, 09:53:41 am ---The light strip has 2 sockets for the wiring block to go into - which one does the supplied wire block fit into?
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Either one will work fine. It's intended for an eventual pass-thru cable for multiple unit installations.
--- Quote ---Also, the wire on the block is very short - where do I connect this too? I assume the PC power supply, so which is the best type of wire to run to it?
--- End quote ---
It's intended only to facilitate connection to the lighting unit. 18 - 24 awg wire should be fine. Use wire with a power rating rather than "speaker wire" to be safe. Connect the red cable to a 12v line of your PC power supply and the black wire to Ground. You can use one of your drive cables (normally the yellow wire is +12v and Black on the same connector is Ground.)
RandyT
pboreham:
--- Quote from: RandyT on August 20, 2007, 11:34:33 am ---
--- Quote from: pboreham on August 20, 2007, 09:53:41 am ---The light strip has 2 sockets for the wiring block to go into - which one does the supplied wire block fit into?
--- End quote ---
Either one will work fine. It's intended for an eventual pass-thru cable for multiple unit installations.
--- Quote ---Also, the wire on the block is very short - where do I connect this too? I assume the PC power supply, so which is the best type of wire to run to it?
--- End quote ---
It's intended only to facilitate connection to the lighting unit. 18 - 24 awg wire should be fine. Use wire with a power rating rather than "speaker wire" to be safe. Connect the red cable to a 12v line of your PC power supply and the black wire to Ground. You can use one of your drive cables (normally the yellow wire is +12v and Black on the same connector is Ground.)
RandyT
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Thanks Randy - told you I was a newbie! :dunno
ElfShotTheFood:
the pass thru cable sounds interesting, do you think it would take 2 or 3 to light this gem that i received today?
This is going to be a fun one to build a shadowbox for.
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