Re: Star Wars upright - Fitting a fan to keep it cool ?

Just looked at the shematics for SW upright, one 115v tap on the power brick
is used to drive a 'fan' ?? and the other is used for the Flourscent
light.... I cant find a fan in the machine.... but both connectors on the
power brick are populated....I've unplugged both anyway for now and doesnt
seem to make any noticable difference...

I can't easily remove the marquee to inspect, as the glass had been smashed,
so made a make shift marquee and taped this over the front...(So you cant
see the flourescent light for starters)..... So.. Both connectors are
essentially available for me to use...

Where would the fan be normally 'factory' fitted inside ? - This is an Irish
machine.... so might be odd..... Maybe its been left unterminated at the top
?.

Cheers, Colin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Davies" <colin.w.davies@btopenworld.com>
To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Star Wars upright - Fitting a fan to keep it cool ?

> Thanks thats good info on the screws ;-)
>
> Regarding the fan/fans - I've found a large 4" 115V one and will feed this
> from the 110V aux connector on the power Brick.... (We are on 240V AC
> here in the UK)
>
> I'm going to fit this underneath the louvres / grill on the very top of
> the machine and use some gaffer tape to seal it all up, so ALL the air is
> forced out of the grill.
>
> I've removed the wooden slat at the bottom rear, to give maximum
> ventilation, and I will Gaffer tape over the rear upper Vent..... so the
> Fan will suck all the air in from the bottom of the cab and out of the
> very top..... (and not suck in from the top rear)
>
> That should be fine for the show....bit of a bodge, but all easily
> reversable...
>
> Does that sound like a plan ?
>
> Cheers, Colin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Beall" <Stephen@mylstar.com>
> To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 3:50 PM
> Subject: Re: VECTOR: Star Wars upright - Fitting a fan to keep it cool ?
>
>
>> 6-32 x 1/4 tamper proof self locking button head cap screw
>>
>>
>> -Stephen
>>
>>
>> On Mar 2, 2009, at 7:18 AM, Bob Langelius wrote:
>>
>>> Colin,
>>> I don't have a SW cab or yoke, but I have found that Atari liked to use
>>> the
>>> American UNF Style I would not be surprised if it was a 10-32 Button
>>> head
>>> cap screw.
>>>
>>> Sorry I can't give you the exact answer.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org [mailto:owner-
>>>> vectorlist@vectorlist.org] On Behalf Of Colin Davies
>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 4:53 PM
>>>> To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>>>> Subject: Re: VECTOR: Star Wars upright - Fitting a fan to keep it cool
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> Oh.. one more thing please....
>>>>
>>>> I seem to have mislaid the screws which hold the metal cover on over
>>>> the
>>>> control yoke.... I borrowed the small gear of the pot for my Jedi Cab,
>>>> and
>>>> never got round to refitting the cover... :-(
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone tell me what the screw thread type is please ? - I seem to
>>>> recall
>>>> it was an American UNC style thread, but I'm not sure now.... I should
>>>> be
>>>> able to lay my hands on the right ones...given the right info...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Regards, Colin
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Colin Davies" <colin.w.davies@btopenworld.com>
>>>> To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 9:40 PM
>>>> Subject: VECTOR: Star Wars upright - Fitting a fan to keep it cool ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> We are doing a charity show next weekend and I will be taking along
>>>>> my
>>>>> Starwars upright cab.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now this had been running fine without issues with the Back door
>>>>> fitted.... I clocked up about 12 Hours last night, no problem......
>>>>>
>>>>> BUT.... the last time we took it to a show, it was in the Summer and
>>>> after
>>>>> a while, the machine started to reset once it got hot inside, so we
>>>> ended
>>>>> up running it with the back door off.... I think the issue was with
>>>>> the
>>>>> game pcb, but we were unable to do much diagnostics other than check
>>>>> the
>>>>> voltages which seemed to be fine....
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm thinking of fitting a fan inside to move some air through the
>>>>> machine.... Might just fit a fan in the grille on top of the machine
>>>>> to
>>>>> suck the hot air out.... Dont really want to have to cut a hole in
>>>>> the
>>>>> back door to fit a blower fan..., but its simple option to take...
>>>>>
>>>>> As I say.. Its been fine running at home.... and only has to do one
>>>>> 12
>>>>> hour shift on the Saturday and about 8 Hours on the Sunday... So
>>>>> nothing
>>>>> too drastic is required at this point.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can any one throw any suggestions at this please ?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll be taking along a spare Deflection board, Power brick and ArII,
>>>>> but
>>>>> do not have a spare game pcb.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Regards,
>>>>> Colin
>>>>>
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