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Again: In Dan's own words: Here
is a close up of where I soldered the wires to tap the incoming power. You
cannot see the wire on the right side very well.
I left everything attached as it was, including the capacitor across the
leads.
You
are looking at the inside of the pedestal (electronic connections/backside of
santa up). To the right of the printed circuit board is the hole I drilled
into santa’s boot for the wire to up to the motor. You could just use
the wires that go upto the motor but since this was my first hack I wanted to
keep everything clearer for me. At the very top right of the picture is
the exit for the plug I used to attach the switch. To the left of the exit
for the switch is where the DC power comes in. See santahack1 for a close
up of this area. The wire I attached to the right side of the power input
I ran straight up to the motor. The left wire I ran to the black wire for
my external plug. I then ran the red wire from my external plug up to the
motor. When the switch is attached I have the left side of the power tap
on a switch I can control.
This
is an external view of the backside of santa. To the right of the DC power
input is the plug for the switch that comes off the power tap inside the
pedastal. Just behind that end of the plug is the other half of the plug
and the cord that contains the switch. By santa’s left ankle is the
rocker switch (Walmart) at the end of the cord (18 guage zip).
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