RE: Star Trek Sit-Down Finally Restored

Only if the power supply common is tied to the metal chassis of the
power supply... (which off the top of my head I am not sure of)

-- Curt

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>Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:34:22 -0800
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>From: John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com>
>Subject: RE: VECTOR: Star Trek Sit-Down Finally Restored
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>Did the original SEGA cabinet have burnt power supply connectors? That was
>the area where you got the ground failure that led to spectacular monitor
>failures. Did the ground braid connect to the common of the power supply?
>
>John :-#)#
>
>At 12:19 PM 31/01/2003 -0500, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
>
>
>>All Star Trek cockpit cabs have this by default... a heavy wide flat
>>braided ground cable. I'd imagine that the genuine Star Trek uprights
>>had something similiar... but the conversions may sorely lack in that
>>area.
>>
>>Anyone ever had a grounding problem in a cockpit or genuine Sega upright ?
>>
>>-- Curt
>>
>> >Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:41:45 -0500 (EST)
>> >From: "Christopher X. Candreva" <chris@westnet.com>
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>> >Subject: RE: VECTOR: Star Trek Sit-Down Finally Restored
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>> >On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> On the talk of flaming G08 monitors... has anyone ever actually seen
>> >> it happen... ????
>> >
>> >I asked this question a few years ago. The answer was a resounding yes.
>> >
>> >This happens when there is ground drift between the game boards and the
>> >monitor. Installing a very thick ground cable between the power supply, game
>> >PCB, and monitor goes a big way to preventing this.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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