Cabinet with no power

[johnnybleu]

Hi all!

Newbie here with a cabinet question... Ok, so I picked up a Lethal Enforcers cabinet (converted from a SF2 cab), but it doesn't turn on. The cab and interior components are all intact (or so it seems) and in what I could consider to be excellent condition (just a little dusty).

Now, I plug the thing in and nothing happens. No fans run, no lights go on, monitor doesn't turn on, game doesn't boot up, nothing. The cabinet didn't have a plug when I bought it, but there was a weird 3-prong hookup behind it, just like on a PC. I assumed a plug for a PC power supply would work, so that's what I used. There's also a strange switch looking thing next to the hookup that says "5AMP"- it seems more like a kill switch, since I tried pushing and moving it every way and nothing happened. Doesn't feel like a regular switch.

So, I don't know if anyone has any idea what I should do next, or what kind of trouble shooting I should be attempting, coz I have NO clue.  Any help would be appreciated here!

Is there a power switch anywhere inside the cab? Shouldn't the fan on the power supply kick in once it's plugged in? Does it require a specific type of plug? Idea and suggestions are welcomed.

Thanks!
-JF

[pinballwizard79]

Perhaps the switch is bad.

Only way to know is to take the wires from the plug side & twist them to the ones going to the other side of the switch.....while its unplugged.

Then close your eyes & plug it in.

If you die do not blame me, thats just what I did on my machine when the switch went out.

[Mauzy]

Are you sure there isn't a hole one the top of the cab with a toggle switch in it? Feel around for it. It was three months till I realized my first cab had one - the guy I bought it from  never used the switch, just plugged and unplugged...

The 5 amp thing is probably a fuse.

[johnnybleu]

Are you sure there isn't a hole one the top of the cab with a toggle switch in it? Feel around for it. It was three months till I realized my first cab had one - the guy I bought it from  never used the switch, just plugged and unplugged...

The 5 amp thing is probably a fuse.

You know what, as soon as I read what you said about a hole on the top, I remembered seeing a round hole on the side with a button-looking type thing in it... I wondered what that was at the time, but now I know.....

I feel stupid now, but it works like a charm! THANK YOU!!!

[pinballwizard79]

OMG

[Kevin Mullins]

You aren't the first one for sure.... by the way, that 5 AMP thingy is a circuit breaker.

[Mauzy]

Are you sure there isn't a hole one the top of the cab with a toggle switch in it? Feel around for it. It was three months till I realized my first cab had one - the guy I bought it from  never used the switch, just plugged and unplugged...

The 5 amp thing is probably a fuse.

You know what, as soon as I read what you said about a hole on the top, I remembered seeing a round hole on the side with a button-looking type thing in it... I wondered what that was at the time, but now I know.....

I feel stupid now, but it works like a charm! THANK YOU!!!

Ha. Don't feel bad. I'm sure if you look through my earliest posts you'll find a couple like this. Give it 6 months and you'll be helping the new people too.