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pboreham:
If I get a power split cable to take the power out of the case for the LEDWiz and Marquee light, can I use the one adapter?
I.e. take the 5V wire from the adapter to the LEDWiz and the 12V wire from the same adapter to the marquee light? Would I daisy chain the ground from the marquee, to the LEDWiz and back to the adapter?
Thanks for any help - I'm only asking as I have one sat in my work PC under the desk - so I could whip that out and take it home!!! >:D
DaOld Man:
Yes that should work.
Im just not too crazy about powering a lot of things off the computer power supply.
I have always used a 12 volt wall-wart adapter to power such things as coin door lights.
Also even though daisy chaining the grounds is probably ok, you might want to bring the grounds back to the adapter. (Yell & black are 12 V and Red & black are 5 v.)
pboreham:
Cheers - I assume the Black is the ground?
Malenko:
--- Quote from: pboreham on September 05, 2007, 08:09:00 am ---Cheers - I assume the Black is the ground?
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on a PC Molex connector, yes. What he means is use the Red with the black next to it, and then use the yellow with the great next to it....ie pair them off. ( R B ) (B Y )
fatfingers:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on September 05, 2007, 07:09:29 am ---Im just not too crazy about powering a lot of things off the computer power supply.
I have always used a 12 volt wall-wart adapter to power such things as coin door lights.
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Or, if you have a spare power supply sitting around like I did...
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