i'm sure. it's just a light bulb. it just might a little dimmer.
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can someone help me with a TRON coin light bypass??
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10 volts is more than enough....it's unregulated. Sounds like you have two easy options....everything you've stated makes it sound like the pins in the connectors at the coin door harness are shot. Replace male and female pins on the two wires that feed the coin door lights. This is the perfered method. If you don't mind a little hackery....cut the two wires out of the connectors and reconnect them with some wire nuts.....or you could run two fresh wires from the locations on the power supply connector (mentioned previously) to the coin door light sockets. Alright, I gave you three options 
I can't understand why you want to install a switcher as opposed to addressing the connector issue?
Edward
I can't understand why you want to install a switcher as opposed to addressing the connector issue?
Edward
vicjw66
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10 volts is more than enough....it's unregulated. Sounds like you have two easy options....everything you've stated makes it sound like the pins in the connectors at the coin door harness are shot. Replace male and female pins on the two wires that feed the coin door lights. This is the perfered method. If you don't mind a little hackery....cut the two wires out of the connectors and reconnect them with some wire nuts.....or you could run two fresh wires from the locations on the power supply connector (mentioned previously) to the coin door light sockets. Alright, I gave you three options
I can't understand why you want to install a switcher as opposed to addressing the connector issue?
Edward
Yup. If you have narrowed the problem down to the connector than a switcher wouldn't help. Fix the connection issue.
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sorry guys wasn't giving you my complete thought re: the switcher- i was going to install it and run NEW wire to the coin door, not to the futzy molex connector. I don't have new molex pins lying around but do have a switcher, wire, and wire nuts. If they have molex pins at hd or radio shack i will go get some to do it right. I just can't afford to spend crazy postage anymore on a mail pouch that should be less than a buck to mail. I've gotten fuses in the mail in the past that were 8 bux to mail a flippin fuse! Is there enriched uranium in it??? Thanks again for all the help!
Just cut the two wires out of the coin door harness (if I recall, that's where the voltage stops.....voltage going into the connector...nothing coming out)...strip the insulation...and wire nut together. You'll have working lights in about three minutes
...And the next time you do a parts order, pick up a few male/female pins....you can then un-do the mini-hack back to original.
Edward
you can also get the pins at radio shack. they're only a few bucks, if that, i think.
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Great, thanks guys- I'll probably have to wait till later tonight to give it a go, as the wife goes to work in a few hours which puts me on lockdown LOL.
I don't mind paying for parts- I DO mind when the shipping is 3 to 4x the cost of the parts!!
I don't mind paying for parts- I DO mind when the shipping is 3 to 4x the cost of the parts!!
I'm pretty sure it's an Amp connector (.084)....Radio Shack will have no love for .084.
Edward
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"AND GOD CAME DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS, PUT FORTH HIS HAND AND SAID............................ LET.................... THERE............ BE.........................................................[COIN] LIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
And there was [coin] light. And it was good. It was very good. And VG almost passed out.
And there was [coin] light. And it was good. It was very good. And VG almost passed out.
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Burt6666
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So what did you do to fix???
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I did the bypass. I cut the wires going to the molex connectors and ran "temporary" wires to connect them until I get around to getting the molex connectors repaired.
I do notice a little more hum in the speaker now, it's not a big thing, but I'm wondering if I need to run another ground strap?
I do notice a little more hum in the speaker now, it's not a big thing, but I'm wondering if I need to run another ground strap?
vicjw66
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there should be a big flat yellow ground strap that goes from the power brick to the coin door as well as the ground return from the light socket to the power supply board..
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thanks- if i poke my head in the coin door and look left, i see 2 ground straps in there and from mem i believe they go to trxformer. Should there be another ground strap connected 'in' the coin door near the mechs or something?
vicjw66
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not that I know of. The gray/red wire to the power supply that connects to the lamp socket lead is the ground that is directly connected.
