Arachnid Super Six Dart Board Repair Help

[KenLayton]

Two common cabinet related fixes:

The plastic "tips" of the hinges break off allowing the front tip down panel to flop all over the place. To fix it just drill a small starter hole like 3/32" diameter and screw in a 1" long sheet metal or drywall screw. See the picture (sorry it's a little blurry).

The retainers holding the clear plexiglass cover for the monitor break off allowing it to flop all over the place. Drill a 3/32" hole all the way through the black plastic front panel. Then run a # 6 by 1/2" long sheet metal screw in there from the inside. See the picture.

 

[krenz]

I would also like to request a copy of the repair guide please. I didn't see a direct link to it anywhere in this thread.

timothy.clark @ gmail dot com

Thanks much for all of the good information here so far.
Tim

 

[FrizzleFried]

thank you for the galaxy manual it ended up being a broken wire on the wire harness. Now that i bought all new parts I would like to get another cabinet so I could have 2. Anyone have an old super 6 or galaxy cabinet for sale that doesn't work?

Sure do... you could have it cheap as well... gunna be in Idaho anytime soon?

 

[oberst1622]

Great site

Just found this site after my dartboard started smoking last night. Been reading prior posts and printed out the manual....Thanks

I have an arachnid 6300 I think. (The front of the cabinet says "Super 6 plus ll"). The board on the top of the blue capacitor has a label that says "01986 Arachnid inc. 019007 6000" The part labeled BR1 on this board looks burnt. I see in the manual that this is a Bridge Rectifier 8A 200PIV. Any idea where I can find a replacement?

I read in one of the posts that someone ordered one from "Bob". Any contact info?

 

[havok69]

I read in one of the posts that someone ordered one from "Bob". Any contact info?

Welcome - and here's Bob's website. He's a great guy to deal with.

http://homearcade.org/BBBB/parts.html

 

[oberst1622]

Thanks

Just sent an E-mail to Bob to see if he has what I need. Any clue the bridge rectifier is a part that goes out on its own or is there usually a cause somewhere else?

 

[KenLayton]

The bridge rectifier on that power supply board is _the_ highest failure item in that machine.

 

[oberst1622]

Bridge Rectifier 8A 200PIV

Do you have any idea what the PI stands for. I found a bridge rectifier 8A 200V. Obviously missing the PI in the description, will this work?

 

[Steady Haste]

Arachnid or Pub Time 9" monitor

I've currently got 3 Merit Pub Time machines. One had bad screen burn on the monitor, and the other 2 were missing monitors. I managed to get 3 NOS monitors on eBay a while ago. 2 of them were Omni Vision monitors from the Arachnid dart games, and the 3rd is a Samsung, and I don't know what it came from. The 2 Arachnid monitors work great in the Pub Time games as they don't need a sync run to them. They only need a ground, power, and video line to the connector. The 3rd monitor however, is in need of sync, but the main board in the Pub Time game does not provide a sync on any of the pin outs in the manual. So, what I need is a 9" monitor from the Arachnid games or the original 9" monitor from the Pub Time games. If anyone has a NOS monitor or knows where to get another one of these, please let me know. I believe the manufacture that the Pub Time games used was Hantarex. There may have been others, like the Kristel and Omnivision monitors from the Arachnid games.

Thanks!
Kevin

 

[KenLayton]

Arachnid has redesigned their website so that the previous links I gave in this thread no longer work. Here is the latest tech support from Arachnid regarding the 6000 series:

http://www.leagueleader.net/bullshooter/support-3/legacy-products-2/6000-series-dartboards

This link is still good:

http://arcarc.xmission.com/PDF_Darts/Arachnid/

And here too, just scroll to the dart section:

http://home.comcast.net/~mtpacifico/_kenskorner/kenskorner.html

 

[KenLayton]

This thread shows the installation of the 4 position dip switch for the early production run main game boards of the 6000 series dart boards:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=38311.0

 

[KenLayton]

The "Remove Darts" and "Throw Darts" lamp socket & bulb assemblies have been found:

http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/LP-70/14V-NEO-WEDGE-BASE-LAMP/1.html

These should work in the circuit board. Takes a small straight slot screwdriver to lock the socket into the gameboard.

 

[sdtm_glenn]

Arachnid Dart Board Monitors

And don't forget about the Arachnid manuals I put in at arcarc:

http://arcarc.xmission.com/PDF_Darts/Arachnid/

I also wrote a repair guide for the 9" amber monitors they used in these machines. Remember, Arachnid used two different monitor manufacturers (Kristel and Omnivision) during the production run.

I have the manual for the monitor. Is the repair guide still available?
Problem: no raster; 12VDC from power supply, drops to 10.4VDC when monitor connected. Have tried two different power supplies with same results.

 

[KenLayton]

Send me an email for the guide.

 

[sdtm_glenn]

So let it be written, so let it be done. Thanks for all you do for the hobby.