Power button relocation on FFCX

[Roxy]

You're welcome..

The power switch is only switching 12 volts? So the power supply always has power applied to it but it is smart enough to cycle back? Then my concern about trying to use a common 110 volt AC line doesn't apply!

[lucidpsykosis]

So the power supply always has power applied to it but it is smart enough to cycle back? Then my concern about trying to use a common 110 volt AC line doesn't apply!

Sooo, was that sarcasm? lol...I'm a little rusty on other people's sarcasm. If I understand both of you correctly, for me to do this, I need a neon light?

[Roxy]

Sooo, was that sarcasm? lol...I'm a little rusty on other people's sarcasm. If I understand both of you correctly, for me to do this, I need a neon light?

No... Absolutely not sarcasm! What I said was valid at the time. But Geoff had the circuit diagram of the switch and the switch is only switching 12 volts DC. So there isn't much danger wiring up the 3rd connection to power the light. You would just want to make sure the power to the light had a ground to continue the circuit. Which implies, you need to be a little careful which of the other 2 connectors goes to + and which to ground because the light won't work right if you goof that up. (Probably the power supply still switches on and off...)

Basically, what Geoff posted is the information you need to make this work. Two wires to make the power supply switch on and off. And if you want the light on when the power supply is on, you probably need to connect those up the correct way. With that said, if you connect those two up backwards, my guess is the light either doesn't work, or it turns on when the supply is turned off.

But definitely NOT sarcasm! Geoff knows his stuff! No Neon bulb needed. (And I wasn't saying a neon bulb was needed... I was just saying that is a 'typical' way of doing it IF YOU ARE SWITCHING 110 vac) That switch has a built in incandescent bulb. You just need to feed that 3rd connection to the switch with the right voltage from the supply. When the supply is turned on, it will put power on that wire, and the light should light up if you have the ground on the right one of the other 2 wires.