25 Years of Dirt in a Pac Man cocktail
Well, I'm at a standstill while I wait for the parts to come in for The Addams Family, so last night, I pulled my Pac-Man cocktail out of the garage and moved it upstairs to start working on it. In light of the fact that I have a buyer for it, that seemed like a sensible thing to do...
When I picked this up at auction, it was sold as non-working, so the first thing I did was to plug the sucker in and see what exactly wasn't working. After a fair amount of searching, I finally tracked down the power switch (cleverly hidden) and toggled it. Nothing. Checked the safety switch. Nothing. Pulled out the voltmeter and started checking to see if wall power was making it to the insides of the machine, and couldn't find any beyond the power cord.
At this point, I figured it was time to pull the schematics up and see how it was wired. Strangely, the cocktails are wired completely differently than the uprights. After digging a bit, I determined that the 1.5A Slo-Blo fuse was blown. Of course, I don't have one, so I'm going to have to set this aside for the moment.
In the meantime, I started working on some of the cosmetics. The glass is pretty scratched on top, and the artwork underneath is is pretty bad shape. Since Two Bits sells replacement artwork, I've decided to strip the artwork off of the back of the glass, get the top polished and flip it over. This should make for a nice new-looking top at a minimal expense. The other part that needs to be addressed is the heavy layer of crud inside this thing. While I'm sure it was necessary to put a fan inside the cabinet to keep the electronics cool, it did a great job of sucking all of the dirt up and depositing it on every component inside.
Oh, and I made another interesting discovery... This really isn't a Pac-Man. It's been upgraded to a Ms. Pac-Man. It looks like I have some more parts I can sell...
When I picked this up at auction, it was sold as non-working, so the first thing I did was to plug the sucker in and see what exactly wasn't working. After a fair amount of searching, I finally tracked down the power switch (cleverly hidden) and toggled it. Nothing. Checked the safety switch. Nothing. Pulled out the voltmeter and started checking to see if wall power was making it to the insides of the machine, and couldn't find any beyond the power cord.
At this point, I figured it was time to pull the schematics up and see how it was wired. Strangely, the cocktails are wired completely differently than the uprights. After digging a bit, I determined that the 1.5A Slo-Blo fuse was blown. Of course, I don't have one, so I'm going to have to set this aside for the moment.
In the meantime, I started working on some of the cosmetics. The glass is pretty scratched on top, and the artwork underneath is is pretty bad shape. Since Two Bits sells replacement artwork, I've decided to strip the artwork off of the back of the glass, get the top polished and flip it over. This should make for a nice new-looking top at a minimal expense. The other part that needs to be addressed is the heavy layer of crud inside this thing. While I'm sure it was necessary to put a fan inside the cabinet to keep the electronics cool, it did a great job of sucking all of the dirt up and depositing it on every component inside.
Oh, and I made another interesting discovery... This really isn't a Pac-Man. It's been upgraded to a Ms. Pac-Man. It looks like I have some more parts I can sell...
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