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| Mark W:
I found an old thread on this site which featured Ken Layton. He is a guru with these dart boards. So if he is listening or if anybody else knows about these vintage dart boards please chime in. I recently bought a early 80’s century idea board. When plugged in nothing happens. Ken talks about these power supplies are crap. Can’t disagree with that! I have not found a wiring diagram. I did find on board which sits between the transformer and the capacitor has a burned up solder component called J1. I’m not sure what went there but it’s gone now. I will post pictures and would like to know about this Peter cheau power supply Ken talked about. Any help would be appreciated thanks |
| mourix:
Definitely try googling the parts seperately. Like the power supply model number. Measuring voltages is step one. |
| PL1:
--- Quote from: Mark W on April 01, 2021, 01:24:00 pm ---I did find on board which sits between the transformer and the capacitor has a burned up solder component called J1. I’m not sure what went there but it’s gone now. --- End quote --- On schematics and PCBs, J = Jack. - Fixed part of a jack + plug connector pair. - Typically a female socket, but could be male pins. Just spitballing since I haven't seen a schematic or pics yet, but there's a good chance it was the power input jack for that PCB. - It probably burned up because of the heat generated by a poor-quality, high-resistance connection. Scott |
| PL1:
--- Quote from: Mark W on April 01, 2021, 01:24:00 pm ---would like to know about this Peter cheau power supply Ken talked about. --- End quote --- I assume you're referring to this thread where Ken mentioned the possibility of using a Peter Chou power supply to replace the poor quality original power supply if someone can find a schematic of the original. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,122218.0.html The Peter Chou PSU is an arcade-style switching power supply. Scott |
| Mark W:
Thanks for the replies. I wanted to post some images to give more contacts to the issue. Now that I cleaned off all the dust from some Smokey tavern I can. I can read the voltages on the transformer but I’m not sure where to go from there. I spent over 100 bones on this thing which is way more than I should have for something that doesn’t turn on. So in the end I just can’t put too much money in it. |
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