how to wire a 12v 16mm led power push button to a pc

[Wolfie1990]

Hey Guys First off i don't know if this is in the right section if it is not please feel free to move to the correct one anyway as the title suggest i need help working out how to wire this to a PC i want it to work like this:

Turn on = light on
Turn off = Light off

Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance

 

[tinytomlogan]

The switch should have come with a wiring diagram dude

 

[Wolfie1990]

Hey guv unfortunately it didn't it was only a cheap one of eBay i have looked around Google but cant find anything

UPDATE* the wiring diagram was on the item listing so i now know how to wire the power but still not know if the light will go off while off and stay on while on

 

[Wraith]

Pins 3 & 4 are what you need for the power switch and + and - are for the LED, that is if it's a proper vandal led switch.

EDIT: Hope this helps.

 

[JR23]

That looks like the wrong switch for the job to me, the 5-pin ones are generally momentary action (they stay depressed once switched). Like a light switch that stays in it's on position unlike an on/off switch which just briefly shorts two motherboard pins.

It should be obvious-ish from the markings how it works. The +/- will refer to the LED, which in this case looks like the outer two pins. In general the other 3 pins are C, NO and NC in the following order...

Extreme Left - Negative LED
Left - Switch Common (Ground)
Middle - Switch Normally Open
Right - Switch Normally Closed
Extreme Right - Positive LED

So wire the LED the only way you can and put the two power I/O wires from your motherboard on the centre and left pin (closest to neg LED). But don't leave the switch depressed. Pretty sure that will work but really you want a 4-pin switch.

JR

Edit: Some of the parts on Wraiths drawing are unnecessary and just make it confusing, there should be no need to connect two pins to each other as the motherboard will have a pair of power LED pins already.

 

[Davva2004]

can you link us to the ebay listing mate? I want to take a look at the wiring diagram and check that it's a momentary switch, not a latching one

 

[Wolfie1990]

yeah i just found out it is a latching one ill have to buy another thanks guys

 

[Davva2004]

One here for a fiver posted, choose red or blue lighting...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16mm-LED-...t=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item35e5665b51

To make it stay lit, wire the led to the power led motherboard header (note the + and -) and the switch contacts to the power switch motherboard header.

 

[Wolfie1990]

Thanks everyone for your help i really appreciate it i just ordered the one you linked Davva thanks again all your all awesome

 

[Wolfie1990]

*Update* Hi guys thanks for all your help installed my first anti vandal switch today and it looks brill thanks to everyone for all the help i really appreciate it

 

[Davva2004]

Nice one mate!