Battery Holders

I picked this up http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=1783&parent=228 for my HS and the wires are not long enough to reach the sides of the backbox to mount. Anyone else run into this? A trip to Radio Shack to get some wire, cut, splice, connect, and mount. Anyone else had to modify this particular holder?

I have never used that adapter but I'm surprised that the wires are so short. If you have to do it again you should consider just buying the holder and adding your own wire. Should be quite a bit cheaper. Or use a RAM adapter from PinForge.com :)
 
Wow. That thing looks pretty jury-rigged to me.... with the wooden dowels, pan-head screw contacts, Sharpie marker labels, and a drywall screw separator. I'm surprised to see Pinball Life selling such a hot ghetto mess "product."
 
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I would just use a RAM adapter from PinForge.com. No need for batteries ever again.

lol, no shit. We're talking about a difference of maybe $10 and you never have to worry about replacing batteries again.

Steelhorse said:
How easy are those to put on? I am interested.
Depends on the game. On some it's as easy as swapping out a chip on others you have to desolder the old ram chip and solder in a socket you can plug the adapter in.
 
We're talking about a difference of maybe $10 and you never have to worry about replacing batteries again.

except you can go to radio shack and get the holder for about $1.50 (and add in a 10 cent diode if you want), and not order from anywhere, and then the price difference is more significant, especially if you're looking at more than a single machine.

http://www.pinballnews.com/learn/battery.html
 
except you can go to radio shack and get the holder for about $1.50 (and add in a 10 cent diode if you want), and not order from anywhere, and then the price difference is more significant, especially if you're looking at more than a single machine.

http://www.pinballnews.com/learn/battery.html

+1. That's what I do. I just make my own, except for the older Bally's where I toss on a capacitor.

I'm told you can also toss a cap on the DMD games, and just need to remove a diode to allow for its charging, but I have not looked into that yet.
 
except you can go to radio shack and get the holder for about $1.50 (and add in a 10 cent diode if you want), and not order from anywhere, and then the price difference is more significant, especially if you're looking at more than a single machine.

http://www.pinballnews.com/learn/battery.html
I don't think anyone will argue that remote battery holders from Radio Shack or anywhere else aren't the cheapest option but when you compare a $26 memory adapter to a $1.50 part with two small wood dowels and a sheetrock screw that sells for $19 + shipping, that's just a no brainer for me.
 
I don't think anyone will argue that remote battery holders from Radio Shack or anywhere else aren't the cheapest option but when you compare a $26 memory adapter to a $1.50 part with two small wood dowels and a sheetrock screw that sells for $19 + shipping, that's just a no brainer for me.

agreed. .
 
Wow. That thing looks pretty jury-rigged to me.... with the wooden dowels, pan-head screw contacts, Sharpie marker labels, and a drywall screw separator. I'm surprised to see Pinball Life selling such a hot ghetto mess "product."

Yea, while it's clever, it's definitely a "McGuyver" and I wouldn't put that in a pinball machine. Just bite the bullet and solder the leads to the board.
 
And why are we concerned about this anyway, some of you may ask....

Woke up to this today in my DE:ST
 

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