RE: Star Wars upright - Fitting a fan to keep it cool ?

Colin,
I don't have a SW cab or yoke, but I have found that Atari liked to use the
American UNF Style I would not be surprised if it was a 10-32 Button head
cap screw.

Sorry I can't give you the exact answer.

Bob

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> From: owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org [mailto:owner-
> vectorlist@vectorlist.org] On Behalf Of Colin Davies
> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 4:53 PM
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> Subject: Re: VECTOR: Star Wars upright - Fitting a fan to keep it cool ?
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> Oh.. one more thing please....
>
> I seem to have mislaid the screws which hold the metal cover on over the
> control yoke.... I borrowed the small gear of the pot for my Jedi Cab, and
> never got round to refitting the cover... :-(
>
> Can anyone tell me what the screw thread type is please ? - I seem to
> recall
> it was an American UNC style thread, but I'm not sure now.... I should be
> able to lay my hands on the right ones...given the right info...
>
> Thanks, Regards, Colin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin Davies" <colin.w.davies@btopenworld.com>
> To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 9:40 PM
> Subject: VECTOR: Star Wars upright - Fitting a fan to keep it cool ?
>
>
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > We are doing a charity show next weekend and I will be taking along my
> > Starwars upright cab.
> >
> > Now this had been running fine without issues with the Back door
> > fitted.... I clocked up about 12 Hours last night, no problem......
> >
> > BUT.... the last time we took it to a show, it was in the Summer and
> after
> > a while, the machine started to reset once it got hot inside, so we
> ended
> > up running it with the back door off.... I think the issue was with the
> > game pcb, but we were unable to do much diagnostics other than check the
> > voltages which seemed to be fine....
> >
> > I'm thinking of fitting a fan inside to move some air through the
> > machine.... Might just fit a fan in the grille on top of the machine to
> > suck the hot air out.... Dont really want to have to cut a hole in the
> > back door to fit a blower fan..., but its simple option to take...
> >
> > As I say.. Its been fine running at home.... and only has to do one 12
> > hour shift on the Saturday and about 8 Hours on the Sunday... So nothing
> > too drastic is required at this point.
> >
> > Can any one throw any suggestions at this please ?
> >
> > I'll be taking along a spare Deflection board, Power brick and ArII, but
> > do not have a spare game pcb.
> >
> > Thanks, Regards,
> > Colin
> >
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