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  • Stern F2K help needed

    From Dlej@Dlej@comcast.net to rec.games.pinball on Thursday, June 04, 2020 10:44:07
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    Am unhacking a toasty F2K. There is no line voltage past this line filter. There is a filter on GPE. Will it work as a replacement here?
    https://share.icloud.com/photos/0b9EGzxJNZ2HDCqPzkI0SiDQQ
    I have not ever had to replace one of these things. Do they fail often?Also my schematics do not appear to have a cabinet diagram. It is connected to 2 back wires and 2 white wires (via another hack). Is this right? Thanks for any insight u can give here. If I can get a close up pic even better 😀
    Dan L
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  • From seymour.shabow@seymour.shabow@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Friday, June 05, 2020 09:32:03
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    Dlej@comcast.net wrote:
    Am unhacking a toasty F2K. There is no line voltage past this line
    filter. There is a filter on GPE. Will it work as a replacement
    here? https://share.icloud.com/photos/0b9EGzxJNZ2HDCqPzkI0SiDQQ I
    have not ever had to replace one of these things. Do they fail
    often?Also my schematics do not appear to have a cabinet diagram. It
    is connected to 2 back wires and 2 white wires (via another hack).
    Is this right? Thanks for any insight u can give here. If I can get
    a close up pic even better 😀

    Dan L

    That looks wired correctly. Before you go and replace it, cut off the
    MOV on the input. (Strictly speaking you don't need it or the line
    filter to run the game, but it is a good idea to replace them if needed)

    If you do need a replacement heatshrink the wires when you solder them
    back on.
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  • From Dlej@Dlej@comcast.net to rec.games.pinball on Friday, June 05, 2020 15:57:00
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    Clipped the MOV and .... BOOM .... 119v now present. Thank you. What does that thing do anyway and how can it take down the line voltage like that? Weird.

    Dan L.
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  • From Dlej@Dlej@comcast.net to rec.games.pinball on Friday, June 05, 2020 16:07:47
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    Answered my own question
    https://youtu.be/j6nQZggypF4
    Don’t quite get how it can take out line voltage without tripping a breaker though.
    Dan L
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