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Arcade Collecting => Pinball => Topic started by: steveoc on July 29, 2016, 06:15:53 am
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Good morning to all, Newbie to this site, read a few posts and thought I would ask a questiion.
I have a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pinball machine.
Was fully working until recently - (Moved To Hastings).
It started off with a large hum on boot, like a bad earth on an amplifier.
Then it took longer and longer to fire up, I would switch on, the machine would hummm very loudly, even with volume turned right down.
After about 5 minutes, something would warm up and it would then switch on.
It is taking longer and longer now and also has a burning electrical smell to it.
I am assuming its the transformer, which has
010-5003-00 549-9121 115/230v 50/60hz
Before I splash out on an expensive replacement, anybody got any ideas whether this is it?
Are there any alternatives I can use - as a transformer is a transformer, what voltage does it step down too?
Thank you in advance
Steve
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I'm not familiar with that specfic game, but your hum indicates either insufficient voltage in the 5VDC or A/C ripple on the 5VDC caused by a failing capacitor (prbably the largest one) on the power spply. Measure the 5VDC with both the DC reading and the AC. The DC should be 5.05-5.1VDC. the AC should be less than .15 VAC
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ya that's a data east
if u have the manual?
find the rectifier board, main power supply
start there
if u do not have the manual say so I will what I can dig up for ya
ed
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Transformers work or they don't. Your problem is elsewhere.
90% of the time with pinball machines, it's a connector problem. Especially after a move. Unplug and reconnect everything in the backbox.
If that doesn't do it, check power supply.
:cheers: