RE: Now my Star Wars Deflection board blew!

Hi Johnathon,
What did you pay for the Wintron?
I'm still contemplating it over a new board from Fred at ArcadeXPO.
(Any reccomendations anyone?)

Thanks

Jim

>From: Jonathan Stanley <jstanley1@cfl.rr.com>
>Reply-To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
>Subject: VECTOR: Now my Star Wars Deflection board blew!
>Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 22:15:44 -0500
>
>Well so much for my Star Wars being up and running. It ran for about
>3 hours total today, and while I was playing it, the video went out
>(deja vu). :(
>
>This time, I noticed no deflection chatter and measured incorrect
>voltage at ALL the +/- test points on the HV board.
>
>So, I pulled the deflection board and see that I have blown BOTH of
>the 5A 250V fuses at F3 & F4, this is near where the 2 violet wires
>attach. Upon initial inspection, I have not located any damaged
>components, although R7 and R12 have heat marks under them (they are
>still within spec). I have not started pulling any components yet.
>
>This board is Green, latest revision, with all the suggested mods
>applied to it.
>
>The only thing I have done other than installing a new HVT, is today
>after I got my new HVT installed and working, I put fuses on the +30
>and -30 lines leading into the HV board from pins 7 & 8 of J105 on
>the deflection board, as suggested by the HV Guide. I used inline
>fuse holders with 32V 1.5A fuses on the red & blue wires. I suppose
>they are DC fuses, it doesn't say. The fuse holder wires are 12
>gauge which should be fine. It ran with that mod for about an hour
>before the deflection fuses blew.
>
>Any suggestions?

_________________________________________________________________
Free up your inbox with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage. Multiple plans available.
http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
** Unsubscribe, subscribe, or view the archives at http://www.vectorlist.org
** Please direct other questions, comments, or problems to chris@westnet.com
Received on Mon Mar 29 08:39:39 2004