Re: Lunar Lander plays blind

From: Mitch Patenaude <patenaude_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun Feb 05 2012 - 15:32:33 EST

I completely forgot about the fuses under that cardboard cover. That
was it! Thanks Ed and Rodger.

I couldn't tell from the old fuse if it was fast or slow blow, so I
erred on the side of caution and used a 3A fast blow. Does anybody
know if that is correct?

  -- Mitch

On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Ed Lawless <ed.lawless@gmail.com> wrote:
> Should be the 6.3 volt AC fuse in the transformer block.  It feeds the coin
> lights and the heater.  ;-)
> Good luck
> Ed
>
> On Feb 4, 2012 2:57 PM, "Rodger Boots" <rlboots2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Fuse will be on the transformer chassis in the bottom of the cabinet.
>>
>> On Feb 4, 2012 1:54 PM, "Mitch Patenaude" <patenaude@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a Lunar Lander.  Last night I was fiddling with the light in
>>> the coin door, and noticed that if you jostled the wired, they
>>> sparked. (I eventually figured out that the spacer between the two
>>> terminals is missing, allowing them to short.)  I jostled them again,
>>> and the light went out.. but so did the monitor.
>>>
>>> The game plays blind and I can hear vector chatter, but no neck glow
>>> that I can see.  My theory was that I blew the 12V fuse and that ran
>>> the heater in the neck, but I can't find any fuse that's blown.  I've
>>> checked F100 and F101 on the monitor itself, and the main fuse (which
>>> I didn't expect to be blown, given that the game will play.)  What
>>> else should I check?
>>>
>>>  -- Mitch
>>>
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