Hi, folks. This is my first post, but I'm a long-time lurker. I'm building a case out of wood for a CNC machine I recently completed; tired of looking at the rat's nest of wires everywhere. I'd like to use the 3-prong female port that is standard on the back of every desktop computer as a simple "go-between" to mount to the box. I do not need any of the power supply's other components; just the actual connector. I have a dedicated power supply for the CNC electronics that is currently wired directly to a 16-gauge 3-prong power cord straight from Home Depot (per the manufacturer's instructions) and works great.
What I am intending to do is cut the 3-prong connector off the end of said cord and wire it to the power supply port stripped off an old, unused power supply, then mount the port to the case, then use a standard computer power cord to plug the contraption into the wall. My questions are, a) can I do this? and b) if so, do I need to make any modifications to the port that came off the original power supply? It's got three heavy-gauge wires coming off the back, which I presume are +/-/GND, but then it's also got some other stuff - a little component soldered into the +/- leads about the size of a Starburst and wrapped in yellow plastic, and a couple of small blue things about the size of aspirins soldered between +/-/GND and appearing (surely this is wrong) to connect them all together.
Wondering if I just connect the +/-/GND to my power supply's +/-/GND if everything else can be ignored? Any help would be appreciated. (Even help like "don't do it this way; look for a ???? part from Digi-Key or wherever and do it that way" would be great. Just not sure how to proceed.)
What I am intending to do is cut the 3-prong connector off the end of said cord and wire it to the power supply port stripped off an old, unused power supply, then mount the port to the case, then use a standard computer power cord to plug the contraption into the wall. My questions are, a) can I do this? and b) if so, do I need to make any modifications to the port that came off the original power supply? It's got three heavy-gauge wires coming off the back, which I presume are +/-/GND, but then it's also got some other stuff - a little component soldered into the +/- leads about the size of a Starburst and wrapped in yellow plastic, and a couple of small blue things about the size of aspirins soldered between +/-/GND and appearing (surely this is wrong) to connect them all together.
Wondering if I just connect the +/-/GND to my power supply's +/-/GND if everything else can be ignored? Any help would be appreciated. (Even help like "don't do it this way; look for a ???? part from Digi-Key or wherever and do it that way" would be great. Just not sure how to proceed.)
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