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Qbert Monitor question
« on: February 07, 2006, 12:13:53 am »
Hey guy's I have a qbert with a wells-gardner 19K4951 what my question is it says it must be connected to an isolation transformer. but I want to connect it to a mame can't I just wire it straight to a power strip?
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Re: Qbert Monitor question
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2006, 02:37:00 am »
Absolutely not!

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Re: Qbert Monitor question
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2006, 07:23:27 am »
Even after it tells you it *must* be hooked to an isolation transformer you ask that? 

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Re: Qbert Monitor question
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2006, 09:46:45 am »
well Yeah. that's why I asked. I didn't know so I thought I'd ask. wasn't sure what the Isolation transformer is for other than isolating it from the main cpu but mabe I'm reading this wrong.