Re: A BAD day for SWE1 - Tech help needed

SilverUnicorn wrote:
Thanks for all the replies. It looks to me like the Varistor may indeed be toast. It seems to be a dark brown color, and does have a sort of funky odor. I will try to get a replacement in there and see what happens.


You guys ROCK!

And thanks for the website link. Not sure why I did not look there first.

Chris

<ssunitedstates@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1153021033.307711.277030@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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http://www.myhomegameroom.com


"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






That what it is there for. But if it is shorted it should be blowing the main fuse. It can be removed for testing. The game will work without it. BUT, will not be protected from AC Line transients.
Use a surge suppress power strip to be safe.
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