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Can anyone identify this large power supply?
« on: November 15, 2012, 11:05:11 pm »
The old bowling cabinet I bought this past January is being MAMEd, and I was curious if anyone could identify this large power supply and what games it was usually used in.  It has a lot of outputs on it.  I don't think it is original to this game or cabinet since only a couple of the outputs were actually used and it has LOTS!  Thanks.


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Re: Can anyone identify this large power supply?
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2012, 11:46:55 pm »
I don't think that power supply was designed for arcade games, probably designed for something else, as it has a manufacture date of 1985 and has voltages on it that no games were using by 1985.
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Re: Can anyone identify this large power supply?
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2012, 11:56:33 pm »
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Re: Can anyone identify this large power supply?
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2012, 04:44:21 pm »
Thanks guys.  I just was wary of throwing it out, as it appears to work properly, and I'd hate to toss out a hard-to-find part if someone needs it.  It's just so darned big that I'd rather go with other power options for any projects it could be useful for.

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Re: Can anyone identify this large power supply?
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2012, 05:26:28 pm »
If it's a linear supply (big heavy transformer), it may be worth something at the local scrap lot.  There's a fair bit of copper in it in the windings, and of course the iron core is salvageable.

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Re: Can anyone identify this large power supply?
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2012, 06:19:36 pm »
Don't toss it. I wish I had that on my test bench. Standard arcade power supplies don't do -12 volts even though some old games want it.
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