Posted by Ryan Osborn on September 30, 1999 at 16:38:37:
In Reply to: A few finishing up questions posted by Clegg on September 30, 1999 at 14:36:26:
: 1. I want to place a switch on the front of my cabinet, so I can turn on the monitor after arcadeos as beeped 3 times. The three wires that go into the cabinet from the mains (live, neutral and ground) are connected to the Isolation Transformer, (the live is fused first) I don't want to mess with the wiring from here onwards, so would it be ok to attach the switch to the live and neutral wires that come from the mains. Also As the switch only as 4 connectors (2 in 2 out) is it ok to leave the ground intact so it goes directly to the isolation transformer.
Just place the switch in series with the neutral line. Leave the live and ground alone. If you open the neutral line with the switch, you'll stop the current flow through the transformer and the monitor will not be powered.
: 2. Would it damage a tower case PC if you lied it down flat, I want to mount it inside my cabinet.
You should be fine laying it down. Most modern disk drives (HDD and FDD) can operate on their sides. Make sure if you have a CDROM drive that it can operate on its side.
: 3. I am concerned that the PC will not get enough air to the fan when its inside the cabinet, would it be a good idea to stick a small external fan infront of the PC to help cool it.
I have cooling problems with my PC when it's inside the cabinet. The PC I'm using has always been sensitive to heat, though. I leave the cover off and have mounted a 12V 0.5AMP fan right over the CPU. It moves a lot of air, but I still haven't tested it with the PC back in the cabinet. Most likely I'll have to add another one of those fans to the cabinet itself.