Springfield, MO
I am looking to add a small light strip under the apron to light the flipper area of my Judge Dredd, but I am not sure where to draw power from. It is a 12v LED strip. Any ideas?
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You can get 12V from the backbox on a WPC machine, but it might be easier to go this route:
http://www.cometpinball.com/product-p/6.3vsmdstrips.htm
I think maybe a Power Adaptor, Power Supply For LED Strip is needed. You can find it on amazon, like this one http://www.amazon.com/Lighting-EVER%C2%AE-Adaptor-Transformers-Supply/dp/B00DKSI0S8/ref=sr_1_3
or you can find it on http://www.lightingever.com/ too.
Quoted from Leona912:I think maybe a Power Adaptor, Power Supply For LED Strip is needed. You can find it on amazon, like this one amazon.com link »
or you can find it on http://www.lightingever.com/ too.
Something smells fishy here ??
Quoted from Gov:I am looking to add a small light strip under the apron to light the flipper area of my Judge Dredd, but I am not sure where to draw power from. It is a 12v LED strip. Any ideas?
J116, J117, J118. You can also solder to the 12v and ground pins I can opto power board if that is easier.
You're making it way too difficult. There should be a 12VDC and GND source on the "coin door interconnect board" in the lower left of the cabinet. Only issue could be that on some titles, the pins on that part of the board are not populated.
Quoted from markmon:J116, J117, J118. You can also solder to the 12v and ground pins I can opto power board if that is easier.
I saw those on the opto board but I didn't want to jack anything up tapping into it. That is the idea place as i don't want to run wires all the way from the front of the playfield to the backbox.
Quoted from snyper2099:You're making it way too difficult. There should be a 12VDC and GND source on the "coin door interconnect board" in the lower left of the cabinet. Only issue could be that on some titles, the pins on that part of the board are not populated.
Right, but anytime I lift the playfield it is going to cause problems.
Cause problems? Huh? Just run some extra length of wire. There is a reason there is so much wire in a pinblall machine. Why are you trying so hard to not use 5 extra feet of wire? It's cheap.
I understand what you're saying but IF there's no 12V on the playfield... ur skeeerued! You either run the wires to the head or where I suggested or you don't, your choice. The main reason to use the place I suggested is so you can keep all the wiring in the lower cabinet.
Quoted from snyper2099:Cause problems? Huh? Just run some extra length of wire. There is a reason there is so much wire in a pinblall machine. Why are you trying so hard to not use 5 extra feet of wire? It's cheap.
I understand what you're saying but there's no 12V on the playfield so... ur skeeerued! You either run the wires to the head or where I suggested or you don't, your choice. The main reason to use the place I suggested is so you can keep all the wiring in the lower cabinet.
I guess to the backbox it is for me then because I dont want a spiderweb of wires. Even with a bunch of slack going to the coindoor, I cant see that looking tidy at all.
Right I am just looking for a tidy convenient solution and didn't know if anybody had any experience with it. Like Markmon said, there is a 12v source on JD on the opto boards, so we will try that first. Dangling wires running all over the place do cause problems as I have had one get pinched between the playfield and cab once and shorted out a matrix, so I look to avoid that kind of accident.
I have the info I need, thanks.
Could work if the voltage is there. I suppose it could affect the proper operation of the optos but you'll probably be ok if you grab the voltage from the harness/connector at the trough PCB.
Quoted from snyper2099:Could work if the voltage is there. I suppose it could affect the proper operation of the optos but you'll probably be ok if you grab the voltage from the harness/connector at the trough PCB.
It doesn't stress the opto board at all. These are direct wires from j116, j117, or j118 anyway. Tapping here is no different than tapping at the board.
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