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**magnethead** · 01-13-2009, 05:37 PM

PS_ON is 5 volts.

I know to use a plastic box and heatshrink/insulate cabling

I know DC arcs a switch when AC doesnt, hence lower DC rating

Here's what i want to do

The magnetic switch closes the circuit when the magnet is near it (taken from a security system window install) which turns the PSU on, hence lighting the 10 foot rope light and 3 strobes.

But im wanting to put a single duplex on the line (18 AWG feed wire) that we can plug the ball of light and whatever else we want to into it to activate when PSU does.

Should a 5 amp glass inline fuse be put on the neutral wire or the hot wire? If hot, which side of the relay?

edit: suppose the relay could also be put on the 12 volt rail with the lights/strobes to make selection easier?

01-13-2009, 05:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,570 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: relay AC using DC? PS_ON is 5 volts. I know to use a plastic box and heatshrink/insulate cabling I know DC arcs a switch when AC doesnt, hence lower DC rating Here's what i want to do The magnetic switch closes the circuit when the magnet is near it (taken from a security system window install) which turns the PSU on, hence lighting the 10 foot rope light and 3 strobes. But im wanting to put a single duplex on the line (18 AWG feed wire) that we can plug the ball of light and whatever else we want to into it to activate when PSU does. Should a 5 amp glass inline fuse be put on the neutral wire or the hot wire? If hot, which side of the relay? edit: suppose the relay could also be put on the 12 volt rail with the lights/strobes to make selection easier? __________________ For proper support: what are you running? graphics, cpu, m/board, ram, PSU brand wattage PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER . Bench Testing Your System Last edited by magnethead; 01-13-2009 at 05:40 PM.