darthphunk
Active member
Electrical help? Not an arcade... but gameroom decor
Hey there!
So my birthday was a few weeks ago and my mother in law picked up an old fire alarm panel at a yard sale and bought it for me. I thought it would be awesome to hang up in my barcade and wire it so my Fireball light and the alarm sounded at the same time.



Tell me if I am going to burn my house down:
My idea is to put a spare switching power supply I have in the alarm box and run the alarm bell, lights and fireball light off of the 12v line and run it through the on off toggle on the front of the panel. I know the Fireball light is 12v, but I am not sure about the alarm bell. When my mom bought it, the guy touched the two disconnected wire leads to a 9v battery and the alarm went off... albeit weakly.
So am I on the right track? Should I try something else?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Jeremy
Hey there!
So my birthday was a few weeks ago and my mother in law picked up an old fire alarm panel at a yard sale and bought it for me. I thought it would be awesome to hang up in my barcade and wire it so my Fireball light and the alarm sounded at the same time.



Tell me if I am going to burn my house down:
My idea is to put a spare switching power supply I have in the alarm box and run the alarm bell, lights and fireball light off of the 12v line and run it through the on off toggle on the front of the panel. I know the Fireball light is 12v, but I am not sure about the alarm bell. When my mom bought it, the guy touched the two disconnected wire leads to a 9v battery and the alarm went off... albeit weakly.
So am I on the right track? Should I try something else?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Jeremy