Any lawyers and/or electricians in the house?

Is the person that is a couple hundred miles away and can offer this service a buddy of the guy suggesting it? As pcjohn noted, NRTL certification/listing of a product is a lengthy and expensive process. We could go into how to best approach that scenario, but I doubt you would be doing it. It really sounds like this "electrician" is trying to offer a "buddy's" service, and make a quick buck off you, with no real value in return.
 
JAMMA Plus indicates a separate harness for the extra buttons; like a kick harness.
Right, CHAMMA Is what i call the Chinese bastardization of the JAMMA standard, they repurposed grounds into buttons, beyond jamma plus. You can't plug them directly into a JAMMA cabinet without modification.
 
Right, CHAMMA Is what i call the Chinese bastardization of the JAMMA standard, they repurposed grounds into buttons, beyond jamma plus. You can't plug them directly into a JAMMA cabinet without modification.

Ah, so you're responsible for this nonsense! ;)
Manufacturers were extending the JAMMA standard (Data East with a second audio channel, SNK with extra buttons, etc.) long before the Chinese were cranking out multi-boards and shitty harnesses to go with them. I suppose violating the standard by changing ground pins to get button 6 on there is uniquely Chinese. Still, I think giving that bastardisation a name like that just endows it with a legitimacy it doesn't deserve.
 
Speaking from experience, if you have made any terminations or connections with AC wiring, fuse blocks, boxes, terminal blocks, it will need to be certified. Technically its not a problem until you get reported or sued -- but considering if your machine is not safely wired it can in fact result in serious injury or death.

http://www.safetyauthority.ca/

That being said, if you are using off the shelf components with all mains voltage (110v) and nothing has been de-cased or altered, then you are completely fine. For example, you use a power bar mounted in the cabinet with items plugged into it, and the cord pokes out the back without modification, that is okay.

When I import machinery and electronics without proper certifications, I use BCSA to certify it for sale.
 
For anyone that cares, here is the cabinet with my original artwork. It's a 4 foot tall scratch build.

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I am an electrician

A friend of mine was doing the same, making machines to sell

He asked me to look into what was required legally (in Australia of course)

The electric supply authority told me the guy had to fill out a test sheet for each one

This is what we used


It's probably different in the US, I know that

I did these for $60.00 per machine
$200 is a bit steep
 
Back in the late 70's the US federal government would not let any video game or pinball be imported or sold in the US without UL Approval. Basically everything has to be grounded. There had to be a line filter with a varistor and it had to be fused. You also needed an isolation transformer for the monitor. In the 80's when conversation kits where becoming popular we where instructed to leave the power distribution boxes in the bottom of the games and do not bypass them or you could be liable if it was to catch fire.

Rodger Kilgore
 
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