Madaracs
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Atari Power Brick/Transformer Assembly--Help Identifying?
I have an old used Atari Transformer Assembly/Power Brick/Power Block I just picked up a couple of weeks ago.
I've used the RealBobRoberts Atari Power Block repair kit and replaced the bridge rectifier, the fuse bank, Big Blue, and the wire connectors.
However, it seems like it's different than my Star Wars power brick. And Bob's kit of Atari fuses doesn't match up at all with this Power Brick.
For one, there are only three purple wires to connect to BigBlue(tm) and the fuse bank has the following requirements:
Also there is no connector at J4B. I imagine this could be just because it's used but I was wondering if this PS was used specifically for another game like Tempest or something. Maybe Tempest or another Atari game doesn't need that connector? I'm going to pull my tempest out from the wall in a bit and check myself but I thought I would ask around for the differences in power supplies made by Atari.
Is there an FAQ that someone has out there to help identify which PS goes with what? I realize that's probably not the case since most people would know what they have in their machines just by looking.
P.S. Are all bridge rectifiers manufactured the same with the + and - at opposite corners?
Thanks for any help.
I have an old used Atari Transformer Assembly/Power Brick/Power Block I just picked up a couple of weeks ago.
I've used the RealBobRoberts Atari Power Block repair kit and replaced the bridge rectifier, the fuse bank, Big Blue, and the wire connectors.
However, it seems like it's different than my Star Wars power brick. And Bob's kit of Atari fuses doesn't match up at all with this Power Brick.
For one, there are only three purple wires to connect to BigBlue(tm) and the fuse bank has the following requirements:
F1: (Main Fuse) 10A 125V Normal Blow
F2: 4A 250V Slow-Blow
F3: 2A 250V Slow-Blow
F4: 2A 250V Slow-Blow
F5: 2A 250V Slow-Blow
F6: 4A 250V Slow-Blow
F2: 4A 250V Slow-Blow
F3: 2A 250V Slow-Blow
F4: 2A 250V Slow-Blow
F5: 2A 250V Slow-Blow
F6: 4A 250V Slow-Blow
Also there is no connector at J4B. I imagine this could be just because it's used but I was wondering if this PS was used specifically for another game like Tempest or something. Maybe Tempest or another Atari game doesn't need that connector? I'm going to pull my tempest out from the wall in a bit and check myself but I thought I would ask around for the differences in power supplies made by Atari.
Is there an FAQ that someone has out there to help identify which PS goes with what? I realize that's probably not the case since most people would know what they have in their machines just by looking.
P.S. Are all bridge rectifiers manufactured the same with the + and - at opposite corners?
Thanks for any help.
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