TerranAce007
Veteran
Location: Texas
| I used two 2 ohm, 10W resistors over the 5V line for the load, but a light would work too. The switch I used has a 12V lamp built in, so I figured I didn't need another light.
The link I posted has a detailed how-to which is fairly easy to follow. In summary though, here is what you need to do:
1. Connect a red wire to the gray wire. This is the power check circuit and must be closed for anything to work
2. Connect the green wire and a black wire to a switch. This is the on/off circuit.
3. Connect a red and a black wire to some sort of load as mentioned above. This loads the 5V circuit to make the 12V put out its rated power.
4. Use a yellow and black wire and your choice of connectors for the 12V power source, and a red and black wire for the 5V source. The orange is 3.3V if you need that for anything. I don't remember the colors, but there are -5V and -12V volt lines as well, which can be used to created various other voltages (10V, -7V, 7V, and 24V) but those are usually rated at about .5A or less.
USE LINUX! |
oops... screwed that one up. 
