Re: A BAD day for SWE1 - Tech help needed

Check this out:

http://www.marvin3m.com/wpc/index3.htm#light

It is not exactly the same, but close enough that you should be able to
sort it out.

UNPLUG THE GAME when you work on this.

Andrew

SilverUnicorn wrote:
Someone else also mentioned the Varistor. I have NO idea what that is.

What is a Varistor?

Thanks!

Chris

"John Wart, jr" <johnwartjr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Check the MOV/Varistor in the power switch box

At least, I assume they still used these in P2K?

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"SilverUnicorn" <chrisandmelm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I was in the basement, enjoying a nice game of Pinball 2000, when all of a
sudden...BLAMMO! All the lights went off, and a distinct smell of burnt
components fills the room.

See, apparently, in the basement, I can not tell when there's a severe
thunderstorm outside. Something hit very close. The power came back on,
but the SWE1 did not. I tried the power switch, and nothing. Dead. I
checked all the fuses with a meter (man there's alot of them!!) and they
all are ok. I thought the power supply may have gone bad, so I replaced
that with a spare I had. Still nothing. I replaced the CPU with a spare I
had, and nothing. I also switched the power cord with another I had and
that produced no signs of life either.

I discovered the burnt component smell was from the ran relays in our
Lutron Homeworks system. The ceiling fans did not work after the outage
either, so those were done. I replaced these components and the lighting
system is good to go now (not that anyone cares, just a side note) but
the SWE1 is still DOA.

Any ideas on what else I could try? I did verify that the outlet the
machine is plugged into is functional, which it is.

Please e-mail me at wmspins@xxxxxxxxxxx if you have any ideas. FWIW, the
Black Knight machine I had plugged into the same outlet seems to be fine,
or at least no worse then before the power went out.


Thanks in advance,

Chris





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