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Aussie Leisure Allied Cab help....
timsatari:
Thanks both Mattv and Microwrx...I'm working through this so I'm gonna have more questions - this was all very helpful though! Don't remove any part of the post Micro, I'm studying this over the weekend! One thing for sure with these projects is that you don't rush them..!
Now, I understand I need to keep power for the monitor (I'll connect the PC direct to mains) and that I may be able to remove the power supply. I'm just not sure what the hell each item in my pics are! I'll quote some Mattv's post to assist you guys with what I need to know... MY RESPONSES WILL BE IN RED CAPS..
--- Quote from: mattv on April 22, 2004, 08:39:26 am ---Anyway, the power supply can go, power your PC from the mains. if you do keep it avoid attaching to you your jamma harness for now.
OK - POWER SUPLY CAN GO - WHICH BOX IS THIS EXACTLY?
The trouble with the cabinet power supply is there is the strong temptation to attache the molex connector that runs between it and the JAMMA loom - if you do that then plug your jpac in up the wrong way (50/50 chance) all the magic smoke will come out of the jpac, and probably out of your computer.
WHAT IS MOLEX CONNECTOR?
I see you have a transformer in there too. It should be set up so that the power from the wall (240V) passes through that, is steped down to 120V which then feeds the monitor / tube.
For the love of god man - do not take the transformer out!
IS THE TRANSFORMER THE SILVER THING SEEN FROM THE BACK OF THE CAB?
Also, make sure that your monitor chassis is grounded, that the control pannel is grounded and that the coindoor is grounded just to be on the safe side.
HOW CAN I CHECK?
So yeah, Transformer stays, power supply goes. easy.
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microwrx:
OK, The power supply. This is the box that takes the 110V feed from the transformer, converts it to DC and to the appropraite voltages you need. It'll be the one you listed as the Peter Chou voltage regulator, the grey one bottom right of your first pic. Keep in mind by removing it you won't be able to use JAMMA PCB's in the cab AND you'll have to power everything else that requires 12V or 5V from another source. Like I said the 12V stuff can be powered from your PC as most of them will use the same Molex connector that you usually get supplying 12V in your PC.
Molex connectors. Molex is a brand but pretty much all the plastic plugs you have on that control box are Molex connectors, You have a 6 pin for the video, a 9 pin for the coin, 12's for the control panel, 4's for speakers etc. You can remove the plugs from the control box itself as they are held in by tabs but having them the way they are makes life easier as they are labelled for you.
The transformer is the grey metal thing in the middle of your last pic with KT-9201 stamped on the top. It is solely there to convert your 240V mains power to the 110V required in the cab for the monitor and power supply.
With your ground (or earth), that's what the green (with yellow stripe) wire is for. Anywhere you have one of these wires hanging loose it's good to fix them to something metal in the cab that is already grounded. I can't exactly figure out how to explain how you'd test it though. Basically everything that requires grounding need to get to the ground wire of your power (the third pin on your power plug that isn't there on some devices). That wire literally goes to ground, your home will have a ground spike outside driven into the earth to which all your power points' ground pins will be connected (with a green/yellow wire).
edit. I just noticed in your last pic there is also a copper braid cable in there. This is most likely an earth/ground wire also. I had another cab that had this stuff all through it for the earth strap.