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Missile Command mini / cabaret

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Level42:
How did you clean it ? Water ?

RayB:
Well at the time of that post, I hadn't cleaned anything. I just fired it up and adjusted the monitor. It turns out that the pot I adjusted was the B+. So obviously I sent too much voltage through something and that something is toast. (Who designs a monitor with B+ pot right next to the other normal screen adjustment pots? -- Matsushita! That's who!  :angry:

So anyways, last night I did clean it. I just use damp (not soaking wet) rags, sponge, hot water and a tiny bit of general purpose cleaner in the water. I remove the boards, power block, but leave the wiring in. Vacuum out the bottom. Scrub dust and dirt away from all wood. Toothbrush for nooks and crannies. Dry paint brush on the power block and boards.

Lastly I sprayed a bit of Fabreeze in there and left the cabinet open to air out over night. Old dust and wood gets a stink in it, so the Fabreeze helps neutralize it (or at least cover it up  ;D ).

Level42:

--- Quote from: RayB on October 26, 2008, 12:34:04 pm ---Well at the time of that post, I hadn't cleaned anything. I just fired it up and adjusted the monitor. It turns out that the pot I adjusted was the B+. So obviously I sent too much voltage through something and that something is toast. (Who designs a monitor with B+ pot right next to the other normal screen adjustment pots? -- Matsushita! That's who!  :angry:

--- End quote ---
Uh....then again, who adjusts pots without knowing what they're for ?  :laugh:

Did you try powering it up again after a day or so ? Maybe some over-voltage protection kicked in and it didn't do any permanent damage ?

So there's no Sanyo monitor in your cabaret (as you mention Matsushita) ?

RayB:
Correct, Matsushita in the cabaret, Sanyo in my cocktail. I will swap them, since the Sanyo has the nicer picture, and people say the Matsu is shita.

Haven't powered on again yet. Everything is still apart.

RayB:
Minor update (no photos)

- Scrubbed clean inside and sides

- Mounted replacement plastic board holder

- Reattached bottom rear (the part with the power switch mounted to it) right side up (it was mounted upside down when I got this cab)

- Swapped in rebuilt AR-II from my cocktail

- Swapped in rebuilt power block from my cocktail

- Swapped in rebuilt game board

- Painted metal top part

- Painted coin door frame

- Patched up holes in front

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