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orion:

--- Quote from: Spyridon on March 02, 2009, 10:03:41 am ---One shinny new monitor ready to go into the cab:

What's the best way to hook up the power to this monitor?

The current K4600 monitor uses a two pronged connector:

The new monitor uses a 3 prong connector with a ground wire not used on the original:

I'm thinking about cutting the new cord below the 3 pin connector and splicing it into the two wires being used on the original monitor. I'll then add in a ground wire as well. Is there any problem with using an isolation transformer with a monitor that doens't require one?

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I just hooked mine into a surge protector that I keep inside the cab. I didn't see the need to splice it into the cabs original wiring. I also just feel better plugging everything into a surge protector. Sure it bypasses the switch and the safety switch, but in my case someone had taken those out already anyway.

orion:

--- Quote from: Level42 on March 02, 2009, 11:17:19 am ---There already should be a separate ground wire running to the metal parts of the old monitor.

I hate you. And all you guys that can get CRT monitors so cheaply over there ;)

Any news on the joystick ? :D

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Really? That sucks! I guess it would be pretty pricey for you to get a monitor shipped to you directly from Happs.

Level42:
You bet. I even asked at the Suzo's headquarters over here, as the sales rep told me she could order "everything" from Happ for me as they have regular shipments (they started to carry Happ products as soon as they merged). So I asked about the CRT monitors and after some discussion with a colleague it turned out that those were out of the question because of weight and size.......sigh.

O well, I've got some hope on this shop:
http://www.grebo.eu/arcadegames/shop/index_eng.htm

orion:

--- Quote from: Level42 on March 02, 2009, 06:02:30 pm ---You bet. I even asked at the Suzo's headquarters over here, as the sales rep told me she could order "everything" from Happ for me as they have regular shipments (they started to carry Happ products as soon as they merged). So I asked about the CRT monitors and after some discussion with a colleague it turned out that those were out of the question because of weight and size.......sigh.

O well, I've got some hope on this shop:
http://www.grebo.eu/arcadegames/shop/index_eng.htm

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I could see the larger sized monitors being a bear for them to ship, but the 19's and 13's aren't all that heavy and large. If they are shipping them in bulk I don't see why that would be a problem for them. :dunno I noticed in that link that the company is currently not selling 19 inch or 13 inch CRT monitors, are they planning on selling them in the future? You do have one advantage over us on the monitor front (and you have a nice post about it here somewhere... cool read BTW) you have access to SCART TV's. I would imagine with everything being LCD's and plasmas these days, you should have tons of people just giving those things away.

Level42:
Yep that's right. Although I've discovered that the SCART solution is not always ideal. F.I. I had a problem setting the display 100% correct on the one I used on my Centipede. Also I moved the one from the Galaxian to the Centipede and vice versa because I had some problems but now the one on the Galxian is showing some weird jitters on the right side of the screen (from the moment I moved it).

Still, they are good tubes (relatively new) and I'm looking into getting some chassis for them and see how that works. (See the thread about the Japandeal webshop).

With SCART it would be best to use brand new TVs (like Darthnuno does all the time :) ), which has electronic (menu) set-up of all settings. For that you mostly need a service code, and it's not always sure you can get it. Still, finding brand new 19" TV's here is pretty hard these days, though not impossible.

Alternative is finding (defective) TV's and using the tube with a new chassis.

I agree with you about the shipping, esp. when it's only a couple, but I'm not a big customer of them so they probably won't change their mind.

But let's not get too much off-topic ;)

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