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power rectifer wiring
« on: August 15, 2015, 11:56:59 AM »
Could anyone please advise what goes where. I have an assembled homepin rectifier and just turned around my existing pcb and went  @.@
Homepin's pcb has E1-E12 on it but my old one looks like the photo. Some wires I think are obvious but some I might be guessing. Assistance in identifying wires would be appreciated. The second photo is homepin's pcb. Thanks
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Re: power rectifer wiring
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2015, 12:03:39 PM »
Here is the front of my pcb as you can see most info is under solder  ^&^
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Re: power rectifer wiring
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2015, 02:00:11 PM »
Check out mikes website, the instructions for the board shows a pic of it wired.
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Re: power rectifer wiring
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2015, 02:31:03 PM »
A few of my colours don't match. I think I may have figured most but like E4 orange I have no clue. My two orange wires I think will go to E9

What my thoughts are atm
E12 = blk/white BR2?
E11 = thin white F3
E10 = 2 x thick green BR1
E9 = 2 x thick orange F1
E8 = 2 x thick black R1/BR3 AC?
E7 = 2 x thick light blue F5
E6 = thin white/green diodes
E5 = thin dark green F2
E4 = ???? BR3?
E3 = thin red F4
E2 = thick yellow F6
E1 = thick red F6

I have another white/red wire unaccounted for

Help please
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Re: power rectifer wiring
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2015, 03:14:38 PM »
Are their any numbers on the wrapper next to the solder tabs on the transformer itself?

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Re: power rectifer wiring
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2015, 04:00:53 PM »
Are their any numbers on the wrapper next to the solder tabs on the transformer itself?
Yes mate just noticed these now which helped me follow the schematics. I think I have it now as E4 must be the thin white/red as it comes off terminal 6 on the transformer and matches the schematics.

I will squint a little on the first power on  @@^
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Re: power rectifer wiring
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2015, 06:40:48 PM »
Are their any numbers on the wrapper next to the solder tabs on the transformer itself?
Yes mate just noticed these now which helped me follow the schematics. I think I have it now as E4 must be the thin white/red as it comes off terminal 6 on the transformer and matches the schematics.

I will squint a little on the first power on  @@^

Ha ha... I know the feeling

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Re: power rectifer wiring
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2015, 07:15:17 PM »
All done and seems ok. Will need to have a few games tonight to test all clear. Once I noticed the numbers on the trannie things fell into place quickly as the schematics then made sense.  @.@
Was good fun doing a bit of soldering, using the brain a little and the reward. Beats what I do day in day out at the moment.

Lamps look a bit brighter too, can this be the case or is it because I've had my head down close to a pcb all day?
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Re: power rectifer wiring
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2015, 07:38:06 PM »
All done and seems ok. Will need to have a few games tonight to test all clear. Once I noticed the numbers on the trannie things fell into place quickly as the schematics then made sense.  @.@
Was good fun doing a bit of soldering, using the brain a little and the reward. Beats what I do day in day out at the moment.

Lamps look a bit brighter too, can this be the case or is it because I've had my head down close to a pcb all day?

More than likely.. brand new board so youll be getting the current you should have

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Re: power rectifer wiring
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2015, 03:11:26 PM »
What a lovely looking blue board you have there! Glad it came together for you in the end.
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Re: power rectifer wiring
« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2015, 04:34:20 PM »
What a lovely looking blue board you have there! Glad it came together for you in the end.
thanks Mike, just a bit gun shy seeing the game worked ok beforehand and wanted to be absolutely sure before frying any other pcb's. What's the saying measure twice, cut once, well I checked at least 6 times.

Hope my soldering is up to scratch??
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