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Molex Connector

Next make your relay to molex connector. How long you want it is up to you. I ran mine to the top of my case. Cut off the red wire and the ground for the red wire. All you are going to need are the yellow and ground for the yellow. I extended the wires using the wire from the motherboard connector. Then tape off bare wires. I also used a little shrink tube to tidy it up.

    

    Still with me, good. Now comes the tricky part. :-) Hopefully you have been able to find the relay without too much trouble. DO NOT COPY THE PHOTOS!!!  

#1. They are wrong!

#2 The relay switch is upside down in the photo!

I made a mistake the first time! Don't worry, I made the mistakes so you don't have to. ;-) Strip 1/8th to 1/4 of an inch of the insulation off the green and black wire that you set aside earlier. The connectors on the relay perform the following functions

85 Trigger, this is where I soldered my yellow to the molex connector

86 Ground, this is where I put the black wire from the molex connector

87 Ground, this is where I put the black wire from the power supply

30 This is where I put the green wire from the psu

87A Ignore this one, you don't need it

Try to do a clean soldering job, you don't want any strands of wire to be loose and touching other connections. After the soldering is done it should look like this.

Next I ran the power cable through the grommet leading out the back of the power supply unit. Replacing the cover of the psu I slid the relay switches bracket between the cover and the bottom of the unit. Then I replaced the screw. There that wasn't so bad, was it?

    


Written By: Nutxo
Date: 3-27-04
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