RE: Star Trek Sit-Down Finally Restored

I don't think it is, that is the problem....

John :-#)#

At 12:46 PM 31/01/2003 -0500, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:

>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>
> >> >X-X-Sender: chris@westnet
> >> >To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
> >> >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.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >==========================================================
> >> >Chris Candreva -- chris@westnet.com -- (914) 967-7816
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