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Title: power supply swap in Ms Pac Man machine
Post by: vintagegamer on August 28, 2006, 09:43:29 pm

Hi All,

It looks like my power supply/transformer is most likely the culprit for my Ms Pac Man machine woes.  It was suggested I get one of the newer power supplies that can be found at the below link:

http://www.competitiveproducts.com/power115.htm (http://www.competitiveproducts.com/power115.htm)

My question is, would anyone be able to tell me which wire goes where from the Ms Pac harness onto this supply?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

vintagegamer

Title: Re: power supply swap in Ms Pac Man machine
Post by: CheffoJeffo on August 28, 2006, 10:12:15 pm

Easiest solution would be one of ArcadeShop's convertors:

http://www.arcadeshop.com/parts.htm#Power

Cheers.

Title: Re: power supply swap in Ms Pac Man machine
Post by: vintagegamer on August 29, 2006, 07:21:41 am

Thanks CJ,

I'm assuming the one I need is the one at this link that indicates it's for Ms Pac Man:

http://www.arcadeshop.com/pics/pac-mspac-ps-kit.jpg (http://www.arcadeshop.com/pics/pac-mspac-ps-kit.jpg)

Can anyone tell me if they've done this swap already and how it worked out, or what the 2 blue wires are for which are separate (I'm assuming they're for the video)?

Many thanks for the help,

vintagegamer

Title: Re: power supply swap in Ms Pac Man machine
Post by: CheffoJeffo on August 29, 2006, 07:27:43 am

Yep, that was the one I was thinking of. I haven't swapped for a MsPac/Pac, but have used Steve's Galaga and Williams power kits without any problem at all.

The blue wires are used to tap into the AC cabinet power (as opposed to running an additional power cord) to run the new power supply.

Cheers.

Title: Re: power supply swap in Ms Pac Man machine
Post by: vintagegamer on August 29, 2006, 07:48:43 am

Thanks again- may be a dumb question, but do they come with instructions?

I'm just so bummed that my Ms Pac croaked that I want to be as close to 100% as possible in getting her back up on her sexy legs again.   :D

vintagegamer

Title: Re: power supply swap in Ms Pac Man machine
Post by: Ken Layton on August 29, 2006, 10:22:41 am

As originally designed, Pac/Ms Pac get AC power from the transformer on the bottom panel. The gameboard has an on-board power supply circuit to operate the board.