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| SirPeale:
When a fuse blows, it's because it's being stressed past the point where it can carry current safely. The whole point of a fuse is a safety point where we can destroy a .29 piece of equipment, rather than a $300 one. In cabinets, if a fuse blows, you can get really lucky in that perhaps it was just a fluke that the fuse blew: there was a surge that made it blow, or perhaps the power supply went, taking the fuse with it before more damage could happen. On a monitor, OTOH, when a fuse blows it usually means that components on the chassis have blown. Check the bridge and the HOT. You may have to unsolder the bridge to test. I forget on a K4900 if it's an actual bridge or four diodes. If it's four diodes you can just unsolder one end to properly test. |
| ArcadeNoob:
Alright, the advice so far is great. But, on the power supply: When I plug it in, it does nothing. I thought that MIGHT be because the on/off switch is off....hence why i was asking whether or not you all knew of a location of one on a zaxxon cab. If it was off, the power supply would not show up with any activity when tested, correct? |
| arcadepcnut:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on July 10, 2006, 08:24:04 pm --- --- Quote from: versapak on July 10, 2006, 07:55:18 pm ---A blown fuse means exactly that. --- End quote --- No, no, no, no, no. :dizzy: When spoken by a seller, a "blown fuse" (aka "probably just a puse") is an "as-yet-undiagnosed monitor problem that is most likely not a fuse since I would have taken 15 seconds and replaced the fuse instead of selling the whole damned machine with a farked monitor, but I'll say it's a fuse because that sounds easy to fix.". --- End quote --- This guy is EXACTLY right. If a seller is known to sell electronics or arcade monitors in this case and it is something broken as simple as a fuse he would have replaced it and got alot more for the machine. But when selling a seller would say its a fuse so the buyer things oh...I can replace that easy. |
| CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: arcadepcnut on July 10, 2006, 09:53:36 pm ---This guy is EXACTLY right. If a seller is known to sell electronics or arcade monitors in this case and it is something broken as simple as a fuse he would have replaced it and got alot more for the machine. But when selling a seller would say its a fuse so the buyer things oh...I can replace that easy. --- End quote --- BUT, having said what I said ... I picked up my Asteroids at auction for much less than it should have gone for because it actually WAS a fuse ... the op who owned it had 3A fuses where there should have been 7A (and had a crappy power cord). In the preview, I played her, then the fuses popped. Got her home, replaced the fuses and presto magico ... Asteroids. Can't trust nobody ... except my multimeter ... Cheers. |
| Quarters:
--- Quote from: ArcadeNoob on July 10, 2006, 05:51:15 pm --- Is there a power switch on a zaxxon cab? --- End quote --- Is there a switch on top of the cab? |
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