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blueonblack
03-09-2008, 07:33 AM
I'm going to incorporate a plasma ball into my current build, and have read a couple of short worklogs by people who have done this successfully. The ball is 12V dc powered anyway so it's not all that hard. Problem is, the pics on all of the ones I have looked at obviously had different plasma balls than mine. They all had actual wires where the power went into the PCB to power the thing. This one does not. Can anyone tell me from the below pictures where I should connect my 12V wires? Not afraid to solder or unsolder, just not sure where to put them. Does the coversion from 120V AC to 12V DC happen in the board or in the box on the power supply that plugs in the wall?

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh219/daddyforever2/DSC00379.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh219/daddyforever2/DSC00380.jpg

Please forgive any ignorance you may perceive here, I am obviously new to electronics modding. Trying to learn, anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!

blueonblack
03-09-2008, 07:55 AM
Sorry, guys, jumped the gun on this one a little bit. I figured it out. Fried the circuit from the power inlet to the switch during testing but I got it going. Thanks anyway. :)