Posted by CthulhuLuke on 18, 2001 at 8:23 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Easiest way to power a Coin Door ever. posted by Rahzel on 18, 2001 at 6:35 PM:
Whatchu do is connect the 2 wires from the first light bulb, just pick one, and connect those to the second. Then power the 2nd light bulb that has the wires from the first attached to it, and it should power the 1st and 2nd light bulb, meaning you just paralleled a pair of bulbs.
: : I did the same thing - I didn't want to mess around with the power supply in the computer. I just cut the cord, and attached 1/4" quick connects - works great. The one thing I did have to do was wire them in parallel - when I wired them in series, the lights were too dim. I plugged it into my power strip, so now they come right on when I power it up. (now only if the stupid marquee light would do the same...)
: Hey Bayley you said you had to wire all of the coin lights in parallet, what does that mean? I dont know anything about electronics which is why I stayed up for 3 hours last night wiring up my coin doors and luminant buttons only to find that they came out really dim.