Re: Wiring Happs translucent trackball


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Posted by OSCAR on 12, 2001 at 6:37 PM:

In Reply to: Wiring Happs translucent trackball posted by Chuck on 12, 2001 at 6:06 PM:

: Excuse me if the answer to this is obvious, but I cannot find any reference to it. I need to wire the small 6V lightbulb from a Happs trackball. Someone told me that the way he did it was to wire it to a spare power connector in the PC, but I'm not sure how. There are 2 connectors on the light (I assume a hot and a ground). I think there are 4 wires on a PC power connector.

: Has anyone else done this, or is there a better method? I'd love to be able to wire it a power cord that could just plug into a power strip. Is that possible?

: Thanks for any help...I'm so close to being done!!!

: Chuck

Your PC power supply outputs +5 and +12 volts through the standard connectors.

I replaced my bulb with a 12V one I got at RadioShack, then connected it to the +12V from the PC power supply. Nice & bright now!

Your typical PC power supply:
GND - black
red - +5V
yellow - +12V

--OSCAR





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