Posted by CthulhuLuke on 18, 2001 at 2:09 AM:
Well I didn't want to open up my brothers nice computer that he would kill me bout to try out the Y-splitter to the PC power supply, so I went with my dad into his shop and measured out that it took 12v to power the 2 lamps. Dooodeeduum... how to power up the coin door. Of course!! Why not just use a AC or a DC adapter that would plug into a wall socket. Sure enough, my dad had a big bucket full of em, they are marked at like .49 and 1.00, you can find em virtually anywhere, just go to good will or somethin, and pick up a bunch of ac and dc adapters. So I tried it out tonight, it works great, just twisted the wires for now, am going to solder them up and maybe put somethin like electric tape over the open connections so they dont spark (I accidently got some blue sparks when one of the wires disconnected and hit the coin box.) This seems to be a much, much easier solution than what I've been reading about using your PC Power Supply and having to use a Y-splitter and a bunch of other shiznit.
I'll draw out a diagram sometime later for anyone who is lost, but if you have access to a car, just go get a 12v ac adaptor, they are pretty common, try somewhere like an old computer shop, ask if they have any old cordless phone ac adapters, they work fine.