Swapped an old flyback from a known working chassis and it fired right up. Diagnosis = bad flyback which took out the HOT. Will need to order a replacement. Frustrating because I had previously replaced the flyback with a brand new one from Arcade Parts and Repair and it seems to have failed for...
Stumbled upon this post. I’m having the same problem with my Neotec 25E.
https://forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/neotec-25e-neck-board-creaking-arcing-sparking.550197/
Any more insight to what causes this? Thanks!
Given that swapping neck boards causes it to arc in the same spot it must have something to do with the flyback itself? The flyback was replaced at the same time I did the cap kit and has been working well…
Trying to get back into this one. I know the tube is good because it works with a known working chassis. I just swapped known working neck board with neck board for sparking chassis and the problem persists...seems that the problem is coming from the main board. Any tips appreciated.
Any idea would could be causing this sparking on the neck board socket? Neotec 25e.
It’s where the wire from the fly back inserts. Chassis was working fine after a recap and new fly back but after being on a couple hours it developed some very subtle horizontal lines and the HOT blew after I...
Thanks for your replies! Thanks to your suggestions I was able to successfully get rid of the line by adjusting the monitor pots, especially the color drive/cutoff and brightness/contrast pots, but also the width coil. Looking good now. Hopefully this thread helps someone in the future.
Hi guys,
I bought this WG 4600 playing blind and am getting close on it, but have this vertical line on the right side of the screen. It has red and blue in it. Even on a black screen it is present. I looked through other posts but couldn’t find anything similar other than this post on another...