Quoted from steve8091:For posterity, I’m attaching below the sketch I made myself to complete the wiring. Hopefully down the road, someone finds this helpful. A few clarifying notes:
- The beacons I purchased were ‘Blazer’ brand – they accept a 12V input (cigarette lighter), are rated at 25W, and they originally had screw-on amber domes. I simply removed the amber domes, put them under the original F-14 domes, and replaced the power connectors with straight wiring. I wired the positive and negative terminals of all three lights together, and I added in some 2-pin molex connectors to allow removal without cutting any wires.
- Based on the quick calcs that GRUMPY ran above, I used an 8A slow-blow fuse to limit potential current draw.
- I purchased a 120VAC to 12VDC power supply (normally used for LED strips). I added a standard plug to the inputs/ground, and I plugged this into the service outlet in the machine. I mounted it next to the transformer in the cabinet.
- I'd estimate that this cost about $40 in total, including the beacons, power supply, fuse, wiring, connectors, etc. (some of these I already had on hand)
It ended up being a very clean install, as everything upstream of the relay connector remained fully intact.
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Glad you did this ... now I need to get up the courage to try this out!
.... I also need to buy the colored domes though.
Vandalia, OH
