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'new' cab, 1973 midway winner. (q for the dutch as well...) pics!!!

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councilface:
Apologies mate, I read your original post wrong  :cheers:

XyloSesame:

--- Quote from: -ief- on November 02, 2007, 06:27:03 am ---am eager to see if it works but my outlet only produces 220 volts for now and even if i had 110 volts... i'm not sure if it would be a good idear to just hook it up and see where the smoke would be comming from.

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I've got a 110 volt outlet in my living room if you want to ship her to the middle of the US...

-ief-:
hmmmmz, a realy long extention cord might be a solution...  :blah:

 ;D

nah, a transformer would be the way to go i think...

what would be the smart thing to do anywayz, give her a good clean on the contacts and joints and stuff and just try or let someone (who actualy knows anything about this stuff) take a look at it first?

ok, i know what would be the smart thing to do but on the other hand, if it is broken it prolly won't get much worse then it allready is...

choices, choices  :dunno

Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: -ief- on November 01, 2007, 12:14:12 pm --- it seems still to be wired for 110 volts BUT has a guilder coin label on the front, would it be logic for the first arcaades to use some sort of 110 volt mains somehow in stead of rebuilding all there forign cabs?

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It's quite normal..... I think you will find that the transformer you are showing there has dual 115V primary coil windings. This allows it to be easily switched from 115V to 230V.  There is something of a tolerance on this that would allow it to run on 110V.

It is easily altered from one specification to the other by altering the way that the primary coils are connected to the mains, in either series or parallel configuration. The output voltages from the transformer will then be the same (more or less).

Let me explain...

1) If we connect 230v to the coils with them wired in series, each coil will have 115v on it.
2) If we connect 115v to the coils with them wired in parallel, each coil will still have 115v on it.
The output voltages will be the same in both cases.

Not difficult to do! as long as you understand your basic electrics.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

-ief-:
tnx for that info foz, sounds like something i could even messure ;)

but will get going on the jamma cab first, when that's finished i'll take a closer look at this puppy.

have tried to get some more info on it via midway but so far no reply. (suprice, suprice  ::) )

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