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jrcin2430

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Posted: April 09, 2008 at 8:19 AM / IP Logged

How can I plug my factory radio into a standard plug in my house? Like how a car audio shop has it head units on display.

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Posted: April 09, 2008 at 9:33 AM / IP Logged

If it is JUST a radio, Radio Shack has 12 volt power supplies starting at about 50 dollars.

Check this page...

Check the fuse rating on your deck to see which one will work for YOUR particular application. Size the power supply for a HIGHER current capacity than the fuse rating... i.e. a 10A fuse would need the 15A power supply.

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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Posted: April 09, 2008 at 8:11 PM / IP Logged

If you have a broken AT or ATX computer power supply, they work great. The 12 volt section of those thing rarely go out. Also if you have a working one that is better. Let me know if you have an ATX and need to get it to turn on without it being in a computer.

jrcin2430

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Could you tell me how to use the ATX?

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The purple wire is +5vsb, and you connect it to the green wire, via a momentary pushbutton switch. 1 push for on, another for off. 12V lead is the yellow, and the black will be your ground.

Good suggestion, BTW... Thanks, i am, for it!

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

jrcin2430

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Posted: April 10, 2008 at 10:28 AM / IP Logged

Do I need to have any specific amperage rating?

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I'd say you want at least a 350 watt power supply... Oh, the switch... No, it's only a few milliamps. ANY momentary one would work.

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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Posted: April 10, 2008 at 5:33 PM / IP Logged

The momentary switch is new to me. The only way I knew of to get it to come on was to connect the green wire to ground. This can not be done with a momentary switch. When the green wire is grounded the supply is on. When ground is lifted off of the green wire the supply turns off.

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