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Astro City - Where do these wires go? Is it safe?

tanoris

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I believe these are Earth/ground wires but they came in the cab like this and weren't hooked up to anything, unsure if I should be placing them somewhere or if they're safe to leave alone. I noticed one is coming from a screw behind the CP and one is the EARTH Wire but that's going nowhere?

Might sound dumb but I've been using the cab a few times already and haven't been shocked or anything but I'd feel better if I knew what I'm supposed to do with them. The ground wires near the power in the back seem good so unsure if these are just extras.
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New Net City is done this way on the control panel. Two onto the hinge of the control panel and one onto the control panel (labelled A here) that is then pluged into the connector on the i/o metal chassis that is then directly screwed into said metal chassis. You don't have that i/o so just wire it into GND on your PSU with that connector or make up your own custom connection etc
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Very helpful thank you, maybe a dumb question for anyone but does it really matter where these are latched onto? Or can it be any grounding nut/screw? Im not an expert in the electrical portion of cabs and I know it's mainly for safety but I'm wondering if putting them in the wrong bolt could be disastrous or maybe do nothing.
 
Where were you planning on attching the wires to?
 
GZA said:
Where were you planning on attching the wires to?
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Well I attached them like the pics everyone’s been posting so I think it’s good now but I was wondering if attaching them to any bolt, and then metal would do the same trick.

PS: I’m an idiot when it comes to this so I’m really shooting darts at the wall here
 
tanoris said:
Well I attached them like the pics everyone’s been posting so I think it’s good now but I was wondering if attaching them to any bolt, and then metal would do the same trick.

PS: I’m an idiot when it comes to this so I’m really shooting darts at the wall here
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Pretty much any bolt that holds the control panel in will suffice just fine. You’re just trying to make a path from metal things back to earth so that if it somehow becomes energized you don’t end up being the better path to ground.
 
Also, to clarify further:

The Astro city should have the ground wire with the connector (coming from the connector bracket) attached to the control panel, then the coin chute should have a wire coming from one of the screws (usually the left) which also attaches to the control panel. Then, two more wires will go from the control panel to the two metal instruction sheet holders.
 
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