General power question

So in the Christmas spirit, GIVE BACK and stop resisting everyone's advice on here... LEARN TO SOLDER. It's not that hard. (Heat the joint with the tip with as much contact as possible on both the board and the part.... put the solder to the joint opposite the tip and it will flow.) There are plenty of tutorials online.(can anyone site a reference for proper technique from any fellow members YT vids, etc)

All it takes is practice. Use the web to find some soldering practice kits with through hole components... not surface mount... and practice. There are plenty of companies that have inexpensive kits for various widgets. Get a couple and assemble them... then practice desoldering. Low cost kits can help developers and hone your skills before jumping into arcade PCBs.

If you are going to be in the hobby for any length of time, YOU WILL NEED TO LEARN TO SOLDER. It's like driving a car... you can't drive a car if you don't learn how to insert the key and twist it.(I know, new cars have dumbed it down to having the fob close and pushing a button... but unless you learn to push the brake pedal down first, it still won't start 🙂)

It is almost painful and bewildering to see you give every excuse in the book to avoid soldering after countless members have told you it is necessary, and it really is a simple process... and practice will make you proficient in a short amount of time.

There, I have removed all your excuses... now you must learn! It's not hard. Really.

Of course there are other hobbies like collecting Hello Kitty stuff or Pokémon cards or baking cookies that don't require the skill of soldering... just sayin'

Dylan
I was into magic the gathering for a while maybe that hobby is more for me. Well I had fun in this hobby while it lasted atleast. Thanks.
 
I was into magic the gathering for a while maybe that hobby is more for me. Well I had fun in this hobby while it lasted atleast. Thanks.
Sorry if I wrinkled your noodle dude... fact is you had to learn "stuff" to play Magic...

All hobbies require an increase of knowledge and abilities to some degree or another.

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I would also add, instead of getting a soldering kit grab a parts board from someone. Then you can practice removing and replacing parts. The biggest thing is not messing up the pads when removing items. You a bunch of components to work with with zero chance of messing something up you need. Just don't super heat a connection and don't force an item out.
 
One other point of advice, whenever there is a box that plugs into the wall with a connector at the device it is not going to be line voltage in. Line voltage is 120 AC in the US for the most part. There might also be a cord that goes into a box and that has a small cord to the device like a laptop. The boxes are transformers or power supplies cutting the line voltage down to a lower voltage and most of the time the voltage is DC. in this particular case, you could have put the cord on the power supply in the game, but you would have had to make sure the polarity is right. I looked up the amp on Amazon and like all items that need a wall power supply, it is marked 12 VDC and show the polarity of the plug. Most of the time the center is positive, and the outside is negative but that is not true all of the time. Also, as previously stated, the power supply itself will be marked with the power out also. I hope this helps out.
 
One other point of advice, whenever there is a box that plugs into the wall with a connector at the device it is not going to be line voltage in. Line voltage is 120 AC in the US for the most part. There might also be a cord that goes into a box and that has a small cord to the device like a laptop. The boxes are transformers or power supplies cutting the line voltage down to a lower voltage and most of the time the voltage is DC. in this particular case, you could have put the cord on the power supply in the game, but you would have had to make sure the polarity is right. I looked up the amp on Amazon and like all items that need a wall power supply, it is marked 12 VDC and show the polarity of the plug. Most of the time the center is positive, and the outside is negative but that is not true all of the time. Also, as previously stated, the power supply itself will be marked with the power out also. I hope this helps out.
It very very much does. I learned that now ha ha but ya i had no idea that was the case before but makes soooo much sense and seems really obvious now that I think about it. But ya thank you. And that was going to be my plan if the lovely scuba didn't fix it. Thanks for the clear and supportive answer. I didnt know about the polarity being a issue as well, wouldn't have thought about that. Thank you!
 
It very very much does. I learned that now ha ha but ya i had no idea that was the case before but makes soooo much sense and seems really obvious now that I think about it. But ya thank you. And that was going to be my plan if the lovely scuba didn't fix it. Thanks for the clear and supportive answer. I didnt know about the polarity being a issue as well, wouldn't have thought about that. Thank you!
You learn one bit at a time. It all accumulates. Having said that, you never learn everything. You just have to know who to ask for the hints.
 
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