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Title: shielding for arcade monitor?
Post by: raungst on May 17, 2011, 11:23:52 pm

I'm in the process of finishing my basement, and finally moved my arcade cabinet into a nook I built for it. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that the electrical switch that's on one of the walls of the nook would cause interference on my Hantarex monitor. Is there any thing I can do to get around this? Do they make shielded switch boxes? I assume wires going into the box are causing interference also,ithough. Can I shield the cabinet from the inside? Would I just create a box around the monitor with some aluminum?

I don't really have a choice in moving the arcade cabinet, nor the wiring. The wiring is existing and races off into another floor, so moving it would be troublesome. Any ideas how I can shield the monitor, or prevent the color distortion?

Thanks!

Title: Re: shielding for arcade monitor?
Post by: Thenasty on May 18, 2011, 12:28:44 pm

Try a degaussing coil wand first. Sometimes when you move a Arcade Cabinet, the monitor gets wacky.

You wanna try it with your Computer Monitor if you like if you have a CRT monitor that is, turn it upside down and you see what I mean.

Title: Re: shielding for arcade monitor?
Post by: raungst on May 18, 2011, 12:56:52 pm

That's interesting. I found that if I put some metal in between the monitor and switch things got better, but not completely fixed. I'm guessing if I build a metal box around the monitor it would fix it, but I've never seen anyone do that here. I'm assuming this isn't a new problem, so I'm curious what is actually going on... I'm sure I'm not the only person who has their cabinet next to a switch.